is named provisional president of Fidus Systems Inc., assuming responsibility for day-to-day operations while company founder and CEO Mike Wakim is on sabbatical until July. During his 24-year career in high tech, Mr. Rankin has held a variety of senior management positions at Newbridge, LSI Logic and Northern Telecom. Most recently, he was CEO of Ottawa-based Tropic Networks Inc., which he founded in 2000 and led until its acquisition by Alcatel-Lucent in April 2007. Mr. Rankin serves as a board member for International Datacasting Corporation, The Bridge Wesleyan Church and the Centre for Photonics, an Ontario Centre of Excellence. He is also involved in the Mindtrust Leadership Development Program, an executive mentoring program for both Carleton U. and uOttawa students.