BelAir Networks Management
Bernard Herscovich - President and CEO
Ron Robinson - Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales
Stephen Rayment - Chief Technology Officer
Marcel Chénier - Senior Vice-President of Engineering
Greg Williams - Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Business Development
Peter Rose - Vice-President of Finance and CFO
David Park - Vice President of Product Marketing
Brock Anderson - Vice-President of Supply Chain Management
Sheila Burpee Duncan - Vice-President of Marketing Communications
As BelAir Networks founding President and CEO, Bernard brings many years of management experience in large and small companies. Bernard's track record of creating innovative products in the wireless industry has been recognised with numerous awards including "Hot Product of the Year". Prior to BelAir Networks, Bernard was the President of Breezecom Inc. in Carlsbad, California, Vice President of Wireless at Newbridge Networks in Ottawa, and spent ten years in engineering and management positions at Nortel Networks. Bernard holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa and MASc from the University of Toronto.
Ron is a seasoned sales executive with almost 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has built and managed sales teams that achieved significant business development objectives with key strategic customers.
Prior to joining BelAir Networks, Ron was Senior Vice President, Integration and Services (North America), at Alcatel. He was responsible for managing business development and sales, as well as engineering, project management and network operations. Previously at Alcatel, Ron was Vice President of National Accounts (U.S., Caribbean and International), where he led sales growth in key vertical markets, including public safety, transportation, mobile networks and federal government. Before Alcatel, Ron was Vice President and General Manager (U.S.) at Newbridge Networks and was part of the transition team that integrated Alcatel and Newbridge into a cohesive high-performance business team. Ron also held a management position with Mitel Corporation, where he led sales to carriers, including Bell Canada.
Stephen is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of BelAir Networks. He brings more than 25 years of product and technology experience in the telecommunications industry -- most of that focused on wireless -- and has worked extensively with service providers deploying new wireless technologies. Previously, he led the development of broadband wireless products, the launch of broadband multimedia satcom equipment and the design of the industry's first wireless PBX at Nortel and BNR. Stephen is an accomplished speaker, author of more than ten patents, and is active in industry standardization, having served as an officer of the IEEE 802.11s ESS Networking Task Group. Stephen holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University, a Diploma in Administration from the University of Ottawa, is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School's Management of Technology program and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Marcel brings more than 20 years of experience to BelAir Networks, both with successful start-up organizations and with established mainstays of the telecommunications industry. Most recently, Marcel was Head of Engineering at Zhone Technologies Canada and was part of the management team that led the company from venture-funded start-up to public company. Previously, Marcel worked at Nortel Networks, where he was Prime for the Signaling Products portfolio. He also held a variety of management positions with Bell Northern Research. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa and has taken many technology, business and leadership development programs through Nortel Networks.
With more than 20 years of senior management experience with leading wireless, telecom and internet service providers, Greg focuses on BelAir Networks Tier 1 service provider customers worldwide, helping them integrate industry-leading Wi-Fi solutions into their networks and businesses. Previously, as executive vice president, business development at AT&T's Wi-Fi subsidiary, Greg's responsibilities included deploying new Wi-Fi networks for 3G offload. Greg's service provider career spans more than two decades and includes senior management positions focussed on wireless and internet services, technology, operations, and business development at AT&T, Wayport, SBC and Prodigy. Greg has also served as Chairman of two key wireless industry associations: UWCC (now 3G Americas) and the WAP Forum (now the Open Mobile Alliance). He holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University and a BSc from University of Missouri.
Peter brings over 20 years of experience to BelAir Networks, the last 10 with venture funded startups. Peter has played a leading role in two public offerings, two merger transactions and a number of venture financing rounds.
Prior to joining BelAir Networks, Peter was the VP of Finance and CFO with Solidum Systems where he closed three rounds of financing and played a key role in the sale of the company in 2002. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a B.A. from Carleton University.
As Vice President of Product Marketing, Dave brings more than 20 years experience in the Telecommunications Industry and is a pioneer in the development of wireless networks and products. Prior to joining BelAir Networks, he held progressively senior engineering and management positions with Nortel Networks, Bell Northern Research, STC Technology, and Marconi Communications. Dave has delivered wireless solutions ranging from cellular base stations, micro-cellular systems, in-building wireless systems, Wi-Fi products and fixed wireless access solutions. Dave has also developed long haul optical products used widely in the Internet core as well as some of the first GPS receivers. He holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering from the University of Surrey in Guildford, England, and is the author of six issued patents with three pending in wireless and optical systems.
Brock has more than 20 years experience in supply chain and manufacturing in major multinational corporations including rapid-growth technology organizations and specialty manufacturing businesses. Prior to joining BelAir Networks, Brock was Director of Strategic Sourcing for Canadian Pacific Railway. Previously, with Nortel Networks, he spent over a decade as a Director in various Supply Chain and Manufacturing positions focussed on wireless and enterprise voice products. He has also held purchasing and sourcing management positions with Motorola, Philips Electronics, and JRC Canada. Brock has experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and SOX Compliance processes and studied Business Administration at John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec.
Sheila is responsible for marketing communications of BelAir Networks market-leading wireless solutions. Previously, Sheila was AVP, Global Marketing Communications, at Mitel, where she merged regional departments into a cohesive global group, achieving cost-savings, operational efficiencies and improved brand visibility. At Alcatel, she was Senior Director, Product Marketing with worldwide responsibility for Alcatel's core and edge routed switch products. Before its acquisition by Alcatel, she directed marketing programs in support of Newbridge Networks broadband wireless solutions. At Nortel Networks she was responsible for marketing the company's broadband wireless products following its acquisition of Broadband Networks Inc., where she began her high tech career as Marketing Manager for this broadband wireless startup.