Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 18, 1999
KIRK K. MANDY was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Mitel Corporation on July 23, 1998. He joined Mitel in 1984 and held a
number of successively more responsible positions in manufacturing,
product operations and research and development, until his appointment
seven years later as Vice President and General Manager of the Mitel
Semiconductor division. In that capacity, Mr. Mandy led the business to
grow aggressively during the following six years to become one of
Canada's largest and most profitable global semiconductor operations.
Prior to his most recent appointment and since 1977, he was the Vice
President and General Manager of Mitel's largest business unit, Business
Communications Systems, with international operations, mostly
concentrated in the United States and the United Kingdom, one of the
leading suppliers of convergent voice and data network solutions to
enterprises. Mr. Mandy graduated from Algonquin College in 1976 and was
involved in the data communications and telecommunications industries
during the past 22 years with GTE, Gandalf and Bymanics prior to joining
Mitel. He is married with five children and lives in the Ottawa area
with his wife and family. Profile
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