■ Marketing Manager for IBM’s Federal Government business in Ottawa.■ Founding President of Systems Dimensions Limited (SDL), a pioneering

computer services company based in Ottawa. SDL employed nearly 600 in high-tech jobs.

■ President of Premier Cablesystems in Vancouver which was also a pioneer in the start-up of Pay TV, The Wired City and other leading edge projects.

■ Team Leader of a group put together to apply for the !rst wireless telephone licenses in Canada. On winning the licenses, was the !rst President and Chief Executive Of!cer of CANTEL (now Rogers Wireless) which is Canada’s largestcompany in the !eld with more than $6.5 billion in revenue and 8.5 million subscribers.

Tel: 416-384-1328Fax: 416-443-9360

E-mail: gfierheller@rogers.comwww.gfierheller.ca

George A. Fierheller C.M. , B .A . , D .S .L i t t . , LL .D .

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■ National President, Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) 1970-1.■ National Chair, Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) 1993-4.■ Founding Committee of the Canadian Association For Data Processing Service

Organizations (CADAPSO) 1971.Industry Activities

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■ Chaired United Way Campaigns in Ottawa (1972), Vancouver (1981) andToronto (1991), all of which went well over the top.

■ Chaired the United Way Board in Toronto, 1994-6.■ Co-Chaired the Youthlink Capital Campaign, 2007-9.■ Board Member SOS Children`s Villages Canada, 2008-Present.

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■ Chair, Carleton University Capital Campaign, 1975-6.■ Chair, Board of Governors, Carleton University, 1977-9.■ Chair, Finance Committee, Board of Directors, Simon Fraser University, 1981-4.■ Advisory Committee, UBC School of Business, 1980-4.■ Chair, Trinity College Capital Campaign, University of Toronto, 1999-2001.■ Chair, Sigma Chi Canadian Foundation for education, 1994-2000.

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■ Trustee, Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1977-9.■ Founding Board Member and Vice-Chair, Vancouver General Hospital

Foundation, 1981-5.■ Chair, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Capital Campaign, 2000-9.■ Patron, Alzheimer’s Society, 2010-Present.

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■ Business Manager and Vice-Chair, Opera Ottawa, 1967-9.■ Executive Committee, National Arts Centre, 1973-9.■ Executive Committee, Vancouver Opera, 1979-84.■ Board of Directors, Vancouver Chamber Choir, 1980-3.■ Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, McMichael Canadian Art Collection Foundation,

1995-9.■ Board of Trustees, Canadian Mediterranean Institute, 1982-5.■ Fundraising Committee, Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts, 2004-7.■ Board of Trustees, Business For The Arts, 2005-12.■ Development Committee for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 2008-Present.■ Founding Patron for the Toronto Summer Music Festival, 2005-Present.■ Patron, Toronto Public Library Foundation, 2010-Present.

George A. Fierheller C.M. , B .A . , D .S .L i t t . , LL .D .

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■ Chair, Canadian Television Research Institute, 1980-2.■ Chair, Advancement Committee and Board Member, Canadian Institute For

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■ Chair, Toronto Board of Trade, 1996-7.■ Chair, Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA), 1997-2004.■ Trustee, Ontario Exports Inc., 1998-2004.■ President, National Club, 1998-9.■ Cabinet, 1812 Bicentennial Commitee, 2010-12.

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■ Finnie’s Family■ Let Me Say This About That■ Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate■ I Gave At The Of!ce■ Talk of Toronto■ Wireless in Wonderland

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■ Doctor of Laws, Concordia University, 1976.■ Doctor of Sacred Letters, Trinity College, 1999.■ Award of Excellence in the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association.■ Award of Merit, Toronto’s highest honour, 1991.■ The André Mailot Award, the highest award of the United Way of Canada.■ Canadian Information Productivity Hall of Fame, 1998.■ Arbor Award, University of Toronto, 1998.■ Member of The Order Of Canada, 2000.■ Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, 2001.■ Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002.■ Salute To The City Award, for service to the City of Toronto, 2002.■ A Signi!cant Sig from Sigma Chi Fraternity as well as a Member of The Order

of Constantine and the Hall of Fame.■ Family Service Community Award, 2008.■ Inaugural Sunnybrook Award for Volunteer Service, 2008. ■ Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012.

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>>> resulting in■ More than $450 million raised for various volunteer projects over about forty years.

■ More than 4,000 new high-tech jobs created between SDL and CANTEL alone.