The Ottawa Network Appoints
Rick O’Connor as President
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, - March 10th, 2009 – The Ottawa Network, a grassroots, community-based organization focused on stimulating new opportunities in Ottawa’s hi-tech community, today announced the appointment of Rick O’Connor to the position of President. Along with his appointment, Rick will also join the Board of Directors.
Mr. O’Connor, currently CEO of strategic consultancy True Reckoning, is a proven industry executive with 25 years of experience who has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40TM business leaders. Throughout his career, Mr. O’Connor has focused on increasing business value through leading-edge product and market development.
"Joining The Ottawa Network at this time is a tremendous opportunity,” said Rick O’Connor. “Because the current economy is creating significant pressure, we need more and better collaboration among our established local technology companies and potential startups to help address the issues. I believe The Ottawa Network is the right organization to help tackle some of the challenges. With over 1400 members, we have a rich history of helping tech business leaders interact, learn and share ideas. I look forward to working with the team at The Ottawa Network to help our members better meet the needs of their end markets."
Members will have their first opportunity to meet Rick O’Connor at the Start Up - Drop In event Wednesday March 18th, 2009, hosted by LaBarge Weinstein, 515 Legget Drive, Suite 800, Kanata. The event starts at 5:30pm.
"We are extremely pleased to have Rick O’Connor join us as our new President of The Ottawa Network," said Larry Perron, Chairman of the Board. "The board of directors has recognized Mr. O’Connor's strategic vision, rich industry experience and passion for improving Ottawa’s technology sector. We are confident The Ottawa Network, with Mr. O’Connor’s leadership, will make major contributions to building an increasingly vibrant local hi-tech industry."
"The Board of Directors wishes to also express its sincere thanks and appreciation to Tim Hember, who served as The Ottawa Network’s President over the last two years,” added Perron. “Thanks to Tim’s passion and energy, our membership has grown significantly and our programs set the standard for relevance and interest.”
About The Ottawa Network
Founded in 2001, The Ottawa Network is a grassroots, community-based, volunteer organization focused on stimulating new opportunities in Ottawa’s hi-tech community. The network is driven by a dedicated and passionate team of volunteers devoting their time to help their community and the financial support of our kind sponsors who believe in the benefits of a strong and innovative local hi-tech industry. To learn more about The Ottawa Network and to become a member, visit: http://www.theottawanetwork.com.
About Rick O’Connor
For the past two years, Mr. O’Connor has been President and CEO of True Reckoning Corporation (http://www.truereckoning.com) a boutique consulting firm focused on helping companies achieve sustainable growth through strategic innovation.
Prior to True Reckoning, Mr. O’Connor played a key role over a 15 year period in the overall growth of Tundra Semiconductor serving as CTO and VP Strategic Marketing. In this role, he drove overall corporate strategy and innovation within Tundra and was responsible for delivering next-generation products to manufacturers in the embedded market. Mr. O’Connor initiated and lead multi-million dollar M&A transactions with Motorola Semiconductor (now Freescale), IBM Microelectronics, Intel and Texas Instruments.
Mr. O’Connor has also held Product Management and Design Engineering positions at Newbridge Networks, Canadian Marconi Company and Canadian Astronautics Limited. Over the course of Mr. O’Connor’s career, he has launched dozens of products accounting for over $500 million in revenues.
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