is named VP of engineering and GM at the Ottawa office of Neterion Inc. Mr. Brown is a veteran engineer in the semiconductor, systems and software industries, with 20 years of experience in both startup and large organizations. He has spent most of the past decade in leadership roles at early-stage technology companies LoBenn (president) and MKC Networks (GM and COO). He has also held lead large engineering teams as GM at Cadence and CEO at West End Systems. Mr. Brown spent the majority of his early career moving up the ranks at Mitel, ultimately leading its IC development team. He received his education at Calgary’s Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, in the electronics engineering technologist program. His interests: “Successful business organization, learning new things, computers, hiking, skating, what happens to aging engineers, genetics, computer games, the Internet, peer-to-peer communications, space exploration, world history and my family.”