With an extensive, hands-on leadership pedigree spanning start-ups to multinationals, Accedian Networks’ board of directors is a strategic asset that has a proven record of driving growth built on sound business practices and high-performance innovation. Extensive knowledge of the telecommunications industry technology and market trends forms the foundation for world-class executive guidance to Accedian Network’s experienced management team.

Patrick Ostiguy, Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, Accedian Networks

Patrick Ostiguy co-founded Avantas Networks in 1999 and launched the industry’s first portable Ethernet & SONET field-services test-set. In 2001, Avantas Networks was acquired for $100M by EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering where he continued his role in product management and participated in several M&A activities at the corporate level. In 1995, Patrick was also part of the initial Positron Fiber Systems (PFS) team that commercialized the industry’s first Ethernet over SONET Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP), which was acquired first by Reltec in 1997 and subsequently by Marconi for $200M.

With over a decade of pertinent telecom industry experience, Patrick Ostiguy was responsible for filing for several Patent Applications (patents pending) and publishing dozens of industry conference proceedings and technology articles. Patrick Ostiguy brings to Accedian Networks a solid background in Product Management & Marketing, a proven track-record managing product development programs and a strong understanding of service provider needs.

Larry Perron, Partner, Skypoint Corporation

Larry joined Skypoint in December 2003, drawing on over two decades of business and technical experience to identify and evaluate new investment opportunities, structure financings, and mentor the Skypoint portfolio on operational best practices. Prior to Skypoint, Larry was a Founder and Senior Partner at Venture Coaches, where he was involved in the formation of technology start-ups in the wireless and semiconductor sectors.

Larry began his career at Mitel Semiconductor as an Application Engineer in 1985 and rose to the position of Director of IC Product Management. He later joined Toshiba of Canada as the Regional Head of Product Marketing for the Application Specific Integrated Circuit product line. In 1993, Larry joined Newbridge, where he held the position of Assistant Vice-President of Business Development and led various mergers and acquisitions and technology partnering initiatives. Larry holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Ottawa Co-operative Program and is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Gilles Jolivet, Investor Advisor - Telecommunications, Solidarity Fund QFL

With extensive experience in several telecommunications engineering domains complemented by a finance MBA, Gilles Jolivet’s varied professional background includes senior positions at the Canada Research Council, director of engineering for a broadcast company, and working for the CRC as a technology advisor to small and medium enterprises. Gilles has been working for the QFL/FTQ Fund for over 7 years.

Pierre Trudeau, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Colubris Networks

Pierre Trudeau is an experienced R&D leader with more than 25 years of software development experience. Trudeau founded Colubris in 2000 with a team of industry-recognized software and security technologists. Building from this core, the efforts of the Colubris technology team have enabled the highly-efficient processing and packaging of a portfolio of strong security tools in a small-form-factor wireless LAN access point. Trudeau also successfully steered the company as President through its initial growth stage.

Immediately prior to founding Colubris, Trudeau was the Vice President of research & development at TouchTunes Digital Jukebox, a provider of secure digital music distribution technology. Previously, he was the Director of the Advanced Communications Division of Eicon Technology Corporation, a worldwide provider of secure connectivity products for the ISDN, ADSL, VPN, and X.25 markets. Trudeau began his career in LAN protocol software development with Videoway and Philips Information Systems. He holds a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from Sherbrooke University.

Antoine Paquin, Partner, Rho Canada

Prior to joining Rho Canada in 2006, Antoine developed extensive experience with a 15 year background in technology as both an entrepreneur and an investor. Antoine worked as a founding entrepreneur and CEO at Skystone Systems, Philsar Semiconductor, BitFlash and Axiom Microdevices. He holds a Masters in Project Management from the Universite de Quebec and a Bachelor of Engineering, Systems and Computers, from Carleton University. Antoine currently serves on the board of Javaground, GMP Capital, Pyrophotonics and Accedian Networks.

Juan Felipe González, Advisor to the Board

Juan Felipe Gonzalez is a seasoned telecommunications veteran. He was Vice-President, Global Telecom Sales for EXFO from July 2003 to February 2007. During his 15 years at EXFO, he was responsible for managing telecom sales, both direct and indirect, and the execution of sales strategies worldwide. He managed a team of 80 employees and over 70 distributors. As a member of the Strategy and Management Committees, he also developed corporate strategy for EXFO.

Prior to his appointment as Vice-President, Global Telecom Sales, Mr. González held the position of Vice-President International Sales, International Sales Director and Sales Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining EXFO, Mr. González was employed as Sales and Marketing Director by various organizations located in Spain including Reyde, S.A.-Grupo Armando Alvarez; Dow Chemical, S.A.; and Hucoa-Erloss, S.A. Juan Felipe González holds a B.Sc., Honors in Chemistry, from Complutense University, Madrid, and a MBA from the School of Industrial Organization, Madrid. He has also completed executive programs from Harvard Business School in Boston, York University in Toronto, and McGill University in Montreal.