Chairman
WIND Mobile
anthonylacavera@globalive.com
An entrepreneur with a passion for creating the optimal customer experience, Tony has become a leading figure in Canada’s new wave of ‘wireless warriors’. After 10 years of success in the telecom trenches, Tony led Globalive’s 2008 bid for wireless spectrum and emerged as the leading new entrant. He then turned the Canadian wireless oligopoly on its head by doing something no mobile operator here has ever done – listen to the customer and solicit their advice on how to build Canada’s next great wireless company.
Chief Executive Officer
WIND Mobile
kcampbell@windmobile.ca
Ken Campbell takes the CEO position at WIND Mobile after 15 years of solid international experience including work in the US, North Africa and Europe. Since beginning his career with a 5-year stint at AT Kearney, Ken has gone on to play leadership roles in Vodafone, Mobinil, and Vodafone partner the Bite Group, leading these operations to success in some of the world’s most competitive markets. Ken holds a BA in Economics from Carleton University and an MBA from London Business School.
Co-Founder, Business Development & Corporate Strategy Officer
WIND Mobile
moconnor@windmobile.ca
Michael O’Connor began his career at the Economic Council of Canada/School of Policy Studies Queens University. He then became the Director for the Center for Economic and Financial Analysis at Science Applications International Corporation, one of the largest consultancies in the United States. In 1999 he joined Orascom Telecom as a founding Executive Committee Member and led business development efforts there for ten years. He returned to Canada as a co-founder of WIND Mobile to run the auction for the AWS spectrum. For WIND, he leads business development and corporate strategy.
Chief Marketing Officer
WIND Mobile
scampbell@windmobile.ca
Scott has been with WIND Mobile since our early days and was previously our Vice President, Strategy & Market Planning. In that role he was one of the key architects of our business model and market strategy. WIND benefits from Scott’s deep experience in the telecom category, both in Canadian and international markets. Scott was previously VP, Strategy & Planning at BCE, and a consultant with AT Kearney, where he worked with a number of multi-national telecommunications firms, including serving in an operational role during the start-up of an international wireless carrier. Scott graduated from Queen’s University.
Chief Financial Officer
WIND Mobile
bscheschuk@windmobile.ca
Brice has been the CFO of Globalive since 2003 and is a key architect of Globalive’s growth over the past seven years. He was the founding CFO of WIND Mobile from 2008 to Jun 2009 and recently rejoined Wind as CFO. Brice brings 15 years of financial experience in the telecommunications, technology, media and financial industries. He has worked with such companies as Leitch Technology Corporation, Level Jump Financial Group, Inc., a U.S. OTC-BB listed investor relations’ company and NASDAQ registered broker-dealer. Brice received a BComm Hon. Finance degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1994 and earned his Canadian Chartered Accountant designation while working for Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) from 1994 through 1998.
Vice President, Sales and Distribution
WIND Mobile
mclark@windmobile.ca
Seasoned sales management executive Melissa Clark joined WIND Mobile with a vision for its sales and distribution organization. Melissa’s combined depth in telecom, broadcast and retail in both start-ups and established operators uniquely suits her to the competitive challenges of the current Canadian wireless market. Prior to joining WIND, Melissa held executive positions at XM Satellite Radio, where she was VP Product Marketing and Development, and VP Sales and Distribution. Melissa was educated at Acadia University.
Vice President Human Resources
WIND Mobile
csanders@windmobile.ca
Christina adds to the WIND Mobile executive team a wealth of experience gained at the VP level in some of Canada’s most recognizable corporations. She has most recently served as VP People at Virgin Mobile Canada, and previously as VP Human Resources at St.Joseph Communications and Director of Employee Relations at Magna International, a stay that lasted 9 years. Christina was educated at Brock University (BA Psychology and Human Resources, post Graduate Diploma, Human Resources Management).
Chief Technical Officer
WIND Mobile
marmeanca@windmobile.ca
Marius comes to WIND after being involved in several network start-ups and other mature operations in various wireless markets across Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Marius spent more than 15 years in telecommunications, essentially in the GSM arena, where he was involved in the built-out of 8 mobile communication projects in the last 13 years. Assigned as a CTO in the previous 4 projects, Marius successfully implemented new technical strategies and approaches that led to the massive growth and development of these operations. Marius, a native of Romania, holds a degree from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
Vice President, Customer Operations
WIND Mobile
laustin@windmobile.ca
Larry brings with him a strong background in customer operations management, honed over the last 12 years in organizations like BCE Inc., Rogers Cable, and MTS Allstream. Before establishing himself as a leader in the telecommunications sector, Larry served as a military officer in a naval helicopter squadron, seeing duty with NATO forces in the Mediterranean during the early ‘90s. Larry was educated at the Royal Military College (BEng) and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto (MBA).
Chief Legal Officer
WIND Mobile
awood@windmobile.ca
Andrea joins the WIND Mobile executive team as a distinguished and respected legal counsel. She has held the posts of Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Alliance Atlantis, where she was a key member of the leadership team for 15 years, and Head of the national media and entertainment practice at Bennett Jones LLP. She was educated at The University of Toronto (BA, History), Osgoode Hall (LLB) and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LLM, Commercial Law).
Vice President, Information Technology
WIND Mobile
atif.ahmad@windmobile.ca
Atif joins WIND Mobile after 16 years in leadership positions at Mobilink, Pakistan’s largest telecom firm, which enjoys a 40% share in a mobile market of 5 major competitors. At Mobilink, Atif acted as Director of IT, managing both services and financial planning for his department and liaising with the holding company’s IT directorate. Prior to that, Atif was responsible for billing while Mobilink grew its customer base at a rate of 100% per year. Atif holds an MBA in Management of Technology from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
Vice President, Procurement
WIND Mobile
mnaguib@windmobile.ca
Maged Naguib joins Wind after 19 years of global experience in NA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with a special focus on civil engineering, planning, project management, and procurement. Maged has worked in both the start-up of new telecom operations and turnaround of ongoing ones. Before entering the telecom sector, he managed several construction projects for European companies. Maged has a PME (Diploma of Project Management and Engineering Services) from the American University (AU) and a BSc in Civil and Structural Engineering from Ain Shams University. Maged is also a member of APEGGA in Alberta as an EIT.