MARKHAM — Michael Stephens has been appointed VP of marketing and product development at Atria Networks.
Located at Atria's Markham office, Mr. Stephens is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has an honours bachelor’s degree in applied science, electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo and brings over 20 years telecommunications industry experience to Atria, including senior management roles with AT&T Canada, Group Telecom and KORE Telematics Ltd.
Steve McCartney, Atria’s president and CEO, says, “As the demand for business bandwidth increases, Michael’s guidance on ensuring that our customer’s needs are understood and met will be critical.” Atria owns and operates one of Ontario’s largest fibre-optic networks, connecting communities from Ottawa to southwestern Ontario. The company was established in 2005 by the merger of FibreTech Telecommunications of Kitchener and Guelph FibreWired. Today, Atria offers business data network services in Markham, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Guelph, Cambridge, Hamilton, Vaughan, Orangeville, Barrie, Aurora, Peterborough, Orillia, Owen Sound and Cornwall.