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Jawahar C. Chatpar is a founder of our company and has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President since March 1991, as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary from November 1986until March 1991, and as President and Chief Executive Officer since inception until November 1986. Mr. Chatpar has also served as a director since inception. Mr. Chatpar founded our company in 1983 as a successor to a Canadian corporation of the same name, which he founded in 1982. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Chatpar was employed by Bayly Engineering Limited, a manufacturer of digital telecommunication systems and a member of A.E.G. Telefunken Group, as a General Manager of Digital Transmission and Fiber Optics Engineering (research and development). From 1974 to 1980, Mr. Chatpar served in various engineering, general management and marketing positions with Northern Telecom. He holds a B.Tech (honors) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
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