Mr. George Riedel, Chief Strategy Officer and President, Business Units
for Nortel, joins Accedian Networks’ Board of Directors and will serve
as its Chairman
Feb. 9, 2011,Montreal
Accedian Networks™
--the number one provider of High Performance Service Assurance™
solutions for Carrier Ethernet mobile backhaul networks—announces that
Mr. George Riedel has agreed to join Accedian Networks’ Board of
Directors and serve as its Chairman. Throughout his career, Mr. Riedel
has been responsible for leading corporate strategy including business
development, mergers and acquisitions for a number of highly successful
telecommunications innovators including Nortel and Juniper.
“I’m excited to lend my experience in emerging technologies, market
opportunities and strategic partnerships to Accedian Networks,” said
George Riedel, Chief Strategy Officer and President, Business Units for
Nortel. “I’m looking forward to helping Accedian continue its growth,
and expand its market share world-wide.”
“George’s strategic thinking and leadership in the telecommunications
industry will help Accedian to achieve our commercial goals in 2011,”
said Patrick Ostiguy, Accedian’s President & CEO. “His contacts
within the industry will be instrumental in helping us to rapidly
develop the partnerships and alliances necessary to accelerate our
commercial activities.”
Prior to joining Nortel, Riedel was vice president, strategy and
corporate development for Juniper Networks, leading corporate strategy,
business development and mergers and acquisitions. His previous career
experience includes 15 years at the management consulting firm of
McKinsey and Company, where he co-led telecom and high-tech practices in
North America and Asia. He has also served as an engineering manager at
Exxon Co. USA. In addition to Accedian Networks, Riedel also sits on
the Boards of Blade Networks and Chromatic Systems.
Riedel holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering with distinction from the University of Virginia.
He is based in Boston.
About Accedian Networks
Founded in 2004, Accedian Networks™ is an industry-leading provider of
High Performance Service Assurance™ solutions for Carrier Ethernet and
IP networks. Today, the Company is the number one provider of
performance assurance solutions for Carrier Ethernet backhaul networks
in North America with an installed base of over 40,000 cell sites. The
Company’s hardware-based EtherNID®, MetroNID® and MetroNODE 10GE™
network interface devices (NIDs) also provide real-world service
creation and high-speed, high-performance service assurance for Ethernet
business, wholesale access, and carrier to carrier exchange services.
These solutions—which far outperform more costly switches, routers and
test equipment— enable service providers to establish end-to-end,
standards-based Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) over
converged multi-technology and multi-provider networks, with value-added
services backed by assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Accedian’s
platform is deployed by a global customer base that includes
telecommunications providers, cable MSOs and mobile operators offering
carrier-grade, packet-based applications. A privately held company,
Accedian Networks is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional
offices in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. For additional
information, please visit: www.accedian.com, or call 1-866-685-8181 or
+1 (514) 331-6181.
