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MARIO BOUCHARD
President and CEO
Mario Bouchard, President and CEO of iBwave, has led an inspiring career path in the Telecommunications industry for the past 20 years. As a senior expert of the in-building wireless industry, Mr. Bouchard has worked in complex indoor environments, developing a high knowledge of the in-building industry.
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As a co-founder, Mr. Bouchard executes the responsibilities of President and CEO of iBwave and has been the leading creator of many of iBwave’s flagship products such as iBwave Design, the in-building wireless design software used worldwide by the entire value chain composed of wireless carriers, equipment manufacturers and infrastructure integrators. With studies in RF electronics, Mr. Bouchard takes the stand at international public speaking events to share his knowledge within the different fields of the Telecommunications industry.
Prior to joining iBwave, Mr. Bouchard spent 14 years in key leadership roles to develop and expand in-building initiatives at Bell Canada and TELUS Mobility, two of the leading wireless carriers in Canada. As an indoor specialist, not only did he design and plan more than hundreds of projects but he also managed special project teams located in the two biggest markets in Canada. Amongst some of his greatest achievements, Mr. Bouchard completed the Montreal Underground City project by designing and planning multi-technology indoor networks on 32 kilometers of underground path.
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MIKE CEGELSKI
Executive Chairman
Mike Cegelski presides as Executive Chairman of iBwave and plays a mentoring role in the company’s strategic and operational orientations since 2006. Prior to this date, Mr. Cegelski served as the President and CEO of the company for two years. Mr. Cegelski has over 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications and Information Technology industries.
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While Mr. Cegelski’s founding partners were focusing on iBwave’s technical aspect of the company, Mr. Cegelski led the business side of operations and built strong foundations to structure the company to make it ready for future growth. As of today, Mr. Cegelski is still quite active on the company’s strategic planning process and he continues to exploit new business opportunities to assure iBwave’s continued successful growth.
Self described as a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Cegelski founded and was CEO of Beltron Technologies from 1984 to 2000, a telecom test engineering consulting firm with over 130 employees, which he led to a successful exit in 2000. Shortly after, Mr. Cegelski served as Vice-President of Strategic Development at Mindready Solutions. His extensive experience brought him to accept the responsibilities of President and CEO of Radical Horizon from 2002 to 2003.
Mr. Cegelski holds a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Sherbrooke University in Canada. Mr. Cegelski also sits on the board of directors of a few private organizations and is actively assisting a few organizations with their executive management.
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DOMINIQUE GAUTHIER
Chief Technology Officer
Dominique Gauthier joined iBwave in 2005 as the Chief Technology Officer. His role is to oversee all aspects of product development as well as new product architecture.
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As iBwave’s CTO, Mr. Gauthier has been focusing on providing clients with high quality in-building wireless solutions, turning their satisfaction into customer loyalty. Some of his other priorities are to continuously develop R&D and oversee technical opportunities. Mr. Gauthier has also successfully managed to provide clients with excellent product reliability.
Mr. Gauthier has been in the Telecommunications industry for more than 15 years. Prior to joining iBwave, he held key leadership roles related to in-building development and deployment activities where he was held responsible for the implementation and deployment of a new wireless network in British Columbia, Canada. His position as an RF Engineer for Bell, a major wireless operator in Canada, allowed him to successfully develop the new indoor and outdoor CDMA network. Mr. Gauthier also worked for Bell’s technology development group to research, evaluate and recommend products and solutions that best suited the growing demand for indoor wireless services nationwide.
Mr. Gauthier is a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from the ‘Université de Montréal – École Polytechnique’, Canada.
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Marc Lamy
Chief Financial Officer
Marc Lamy joined iBwave in 2009 as the Chief Financial Officer. He oversees iBwave’s finance, accounting, human resources and investor relations functions.
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Before joining iBwave, Mr. Lamy was part of the corporate finance group of Deloitte since 2007, working with clients to provide merger, acquisition, financing and advisory services. Prior to that, Marc Lamy served as CEO of Mindready Solutions from June 2006 to August 2007 and as CFO since May 2004. From January 2000 to September 2001, he acted as Chief Financial Officer of Wysdom, a private company involved in complex wireless data solutions for wireless carriers and large enterprises. Mr. Lamy also filled the roles of CFO and Board member of Cognicase Inc. from March 1997 to January 2000, a publicly traded information technology company, where he was instrumental in taking the company public in both Canada and the USA (NASDAQ) and also led the company in managing eighteen different acquisitions throughout Canada, USA and Europe.
Marc Lamy was an active board member for Ixiasoft Inc., Accovia Inc, Lyrtech inc., Mindready Solutions and Cognicase Inc.. Marc Lamy sat on iBwave’s Advisory Board for two years before joining as an active executive team member. His insight in scaling the finance organization of promising companies will help iBwave to further secure international investing opportunities.
Mr. Lamy received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in June 1991 and holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from ‘Université de Montréal – École Polytechnique’, Canada. He also holds a Master of Science and Administration from ‘Université de Montréal – École des Hautes Études Commerciales’, Canada.
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MICHAEL BRENNAN
Vice-President Sales
Michael Brennan holds great responsibility as the Vice-President Sales of iBwave. Known for making crucial sales decisions at Ericsson for 13 years, he brought his 20-year extensive expertise with him to fulfill his key role towards building iBwave’s worldwide customer base. Impressive results were shown soon after he joined the team in January 2007.
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Mr. Brennan is responsible for developing new markets and growing iBwave’s international business relations. Since 2007, Mr. Brennan has greatly contributed in doubling the company’s sales revenues every year, working on making iBwave Design the adopted standard software in the in-building wireless industry around the world.
Mr. Brennan has been working within the Telecommunication industry for more than 18 years. Prior to joining iBwave, Mr. Brennan was in charge of major international accounts when operating as the General Account Director at Ericsson. He successfully managed the launch of a new Canadian operator and negotiated contracts that generated multiple millions of dollars per year in revenues. Michael Brennan was also responsible of international accounts, which allowed him to land contracts within the Czech Republic.
His expertise in sales and management of important accounts are great assets for iBwave, leading to many key business opportunities.
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