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Steve Penticost has over fifteen years experience in the telecommunications industry having held a number of research, engineering, sales, and marketing positions in both small and large organizations.After graduating Steve spent over three years working on amplifier and transmission research at Nortel, following this he joined Alcatel Submarine Systems where his responsibilities included designing next generation amplifiers and branching units for undersea applications. Steve has written and presented at international conferences, and has a number of patents both applied for and granted.In 1997 Steve joined Pirelli Optical Systems North America and was responsible for Systems Engineering for the US market, helping grow Pirelli into a successful organization, culminating in the acquisition by Cisco Systems. Following Cisco's acquisition Steve worked on integration and helped define roles within Cisco's Optical Business Unit. Moving to Ottawa, Canada in 2000, Steve joined Solinet Systems (Ceyba) where his role was as Director Systems Engineering, responsible for all aspects of customer fulfillment, and was one of the team who successfully closed the series B round, the highest single private round in Canada at the time. Steve joined Mintera at the end of 2003 where his responsibilities include customer interactions and business development. Steve Penticost holds a B.Sc. (honors) degree in Physics from Newcastle in the United Kingdom. | 