Dr. Monique Lefebvre of Ericsson Appointed to COGNICASE
Board of Directors
FEBRUARY 28, 2000
MONTREAL, CANADA--Ronald Brisebois, President and Chief Executive
Officer of COGNICASE Inc. (NASDAQ: COGI) announced today the
appointment of Dr. Monique Lefebvre of Ericsson Canada to the
position of Director.
Vice-president, Quebec and Atlantic Canada of Ericsson Canada,
Monique Lefebvre is a well-known personality in Canadian business,
technology, research and education. Before her appointment with
Ericsson Canada, she filled various strategic positions in
technology, namely at Quebecor where she was president of Quebecor
Multimedia Inc. Dr. Lefebvre was previously President and CEO of
the Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal (CRIM) and
Vice-principal, Academic and Research at UQAM.
Monique Lefebvre is also President of Innovatech and a Director of
a number of other businesses and organizations.
"We are pleased to welcome Monique Lefebvre to our board of
directors," said Ronald Brisebois, COGNICASE President and Chief
Executive Officer. "Her involvement and her experience with
prestigious international companies such as Ericsson, her solid
telecommunications knowledge and her vast experience in R&D in
technology sectors will be very important assets in guiding
COGNICASE through its strategic national and international
developmental phase."
About Ericsson
LM Ericsson is a world-leading supplier in the fast-growing and
dynamic telecommunications and data communications industry,
offering advanced communications solutions for mobile and fixed
networks. Ericsson has more than 100,000 employees,
representation in 140 countries and clearly the world's largest
customer base in the telecommunications field.
Ericsson Canada Inc., a subsidiary of LM Ericsson, Sweden, serves
the Canadian market by providing complete communications
solutions: wireless systems and solutions; mobile phones; IP and
data systems and solutions; and Internet consulting services. In
addition, its R&D centre in Montreal, the sixth largest investor
in R&D in Canada, develops systems for multiple wireless standards
as well as technology for future third generation (3G)
telecommunications. Ericsson employs more than 1,500 people in
Canada and has offices in Calgary, Fort McMurray, Mississauga,
Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Waterloo.
About COGNICASE
COGNICASE is among the North American leaders in the
implementation of business solutions that leverage information
technology, with offices in several major North American and
European business centres. Based on its pragmatic approach,
productivity tools, international IT engineering and hosting
centre and critical mass of expertise, COGNICASE offers innovative
solutions that contribute to the success of its customers. Its
solutions include implementation of turnkey e-business solutions,
ASP services, re-engineering of existing applications for
e-business, technology configuration management, as well as
project management and business process improvement consulting
services.
COGNICASE INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES (CIT), a business unit of
COGNICASE Inc., delivers "smart information on demand" by
developing leading edge Internet and wireless software solutions.
It capitalizes on COGNICASE's Internet products, re-engineering
technologies and search engine based on rules and fuzzy logic, and
using JAVA and XML.
COGNICASE INTERNET INNOVATIONS (CII), a business unit of COGNICASE
Inc., has for mission to accelerate the creation, start-up and
development of new Internet companies (dot-coms) and portals
offering state-of-the-art solutions. Backed by the power of the
Internet, and the most reliable, flexible and advanced
technologies and functions, CII allows optimal development of
integrated business solutions that are adapted to the specific
needs of each industry. |
