Jean-Charles Fahmy

BTI Systems, Inc. provides intelligent networking software and systems. Its products include cloud connect, packet optical transport, Ethernet, network management, software networking, and network functions virtualization. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Nortel Networks Corp. supplies end-to-end networking products and solutions serving both service providers and enterprise customers. It designs, develops, engineers, markets, sells, supplies, licenses, installs, services, and supports networking solutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Centre of Excellence In Next Generation Networks (CENGN) is a non-profit organization based in Waterloo, Canada. CENGN provides a multi-vendor infrastructure composed of member in-kind contributions, including white-box servers and switches & open source software. The organization is committed to removing the barriers to commercialization, accelerating product introduction, and reducing product development time and costs. CENGN helps small and medium-sized Canadian technology companies accelerate their commercialization efforts. The residential broadband program offers flexible, lower-cost, higher-performance broadband access to residences in rural communities. Jean-Charles Fahmy has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2018.