I was travelling yesterday and missed being able to write that Mobivox has a new CEO, Peter Diedrich. I first met Peter as a partner at Skypoint Capital. Shortly after he joined Thunder Bay Telecom as president, and periodically I’d run into him at the airport flying back and forth from Ottawa to his new fiefdom in the North.
His appointment as CEO of Mobivox is great news, for Mobivox and it’s customers. While I’ve admired Mobivox’ innovative technology solutions in the past, at it’s heart is evolving into an alternative phone company. A phone company exec is probably just the ticket needed to help fuel growth and profitability.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
