Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 1999
JOHN ANTHONY MACDONALD joined Bell Canada in November 1994 as Chief
Technology and Network Officer. In May 1997 he was appointed Chief
Operating Officer. In February 1998, he was promoted to his present
position as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Bell
Canada, Mr. MacDonald was President and chief Executive Officer of The
New Brunswick Telephone Company. Limited, a post he had held since March
of that year. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1953, he is a graduate of
Dalhousie University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia,
obtaining a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from
the latter in 1977. Mr. MacDonald began his career in 1977 with NBTel in
the network design section of the company's engineering department. He
joined the planning department as Market Planning Manager in 1982 and
was appointed Corporate Planning Manager in 1985. Mr. MacDonald serves
on the Board of Directors of Tele-Direct (Publications) Inc., CANARIE
Inc., the CGI Group Inc. Bruncor Inc., BCE Capital Inc., and is Chairman
of MediaLinx. He is also a member of the Technology Partnership of
Canada and of the Advisory Council of Health Information. Mr. MacDonald
and his wife Edwina, currently live in Manotick, Ontario, with their two
children. Profile
your history, services, products, customers, those kinds of things?
Mr. MacDonald: Bell Canada is basically the wireline
