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Fred Glave has over 40 years experience in the telecommunications industry.  Beginning in the research and development area, he successively moved through positions in engineering, marketing, general management and senior officer positions with Nortel Networks.

He founded a new venture-financed company in Silicon Valley and went on from there as a senior executive and CEO in several telecommunications enterprises.  He has had extensive experience in international marketing and been the lead initiator in several technology and corporate acquisitions or partnerships.

Mr. Glave’s strengths lie in all phases of technology management, and he is knowledgeable at the working level with all aspects of telecommunication management.

He is a graduate of the University of Toronto in Electrical Engineering and holds a Masters degree from MIT and a PhD from Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, all in electrical engineering.

Since retiring from his last position in 2002 he has been active as a counselor with SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Reston Chamber of Commerce Incubator Program and is currently a mentor to two of the companies participating in that program.  He is also a member of the volunteer docent staff at the Library of Commerce.