Nortel Comes Out of Hiding
May 11th, 2004 Posted in Main Page
Nortel finally unveiled its highly-secretive Neptune router yesterday - and even invited the media to its facilities in suburban Ottawa. You would think with this kind of hoopla for a new product, the company would have some of its senior executives on hand to provide a little Carol Merrill-like presentation skills. Nope. Newly-appointed CEO Williams Owens or CTO Greg Mumford were nowhere to found - leaving David Hudson, Nortel's vice-president of data product strategy, (whoz dat?) to host the event. Since taking over as CEO two weeks ago, Owens has yet to talk with the media - although he is replacing Frank Dunn as a speaker at a star-studded telecom conference next month in Toronto.
