TORONTO – Stewart Lyons has been named president and CEO of TeraGo effective January 16, replacing chairman Charles Allen who served as interim president and CEO since November.
Lyons , pictured, was most recently COO (2008-2011) and president (2011-2013) of wireless provider Mobilicity. Prior to that, he was co-founder and executive vice president of XM Satellite Radio Canada and Associate, Global Trading, Interest Rate and Derivatives of Scotia Capital.
"We are thrilled to appoint Stewart Lyons, an executive with deep expertise in leading entrepreneurial telecommunications businesses, as TeraGo's CEO”, said Allen in the announcement. “His comprehensive skill set and track record, including strategy formation and execution, building sales and marketing and operations management teams, as well as knowledge of finance and regulatory, make him the ideal dynamic executive to lead TeraGo forward.”
"TeraGo's market positioning and its wireless broadband asset base, including expanding data centre and fibre components, give the company a unique advantage in capturing commercial customers' growing demand for data centre services and broadband connectivity”, added Lyons. “I very much look forward to joining the team and advancing TeraGo's leadership in end-to-end data centre and access services to serve Canada's small and medium business community."
