MONTREAL, Jan. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - Miranda Technologies Inc (TSX: MT), a manufacturer of high performance hardware and software for the television broadcast industry, is pleased to announce that Isabelle Courville has been appointed to its Board of Directors, and will chair the Human Resources and Governance Committee. Ms. Courville replaces Mr. Bruno Riverin who regretfully passed away.
Isabelle Courville has extensive telecommunications, technology, financial and legal experience. Before joining Hydro-Quebec, as President of Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie, Ms. Courville spent most of her career in the telecommunications industry, with Bell Canada. At Bell, she held a number of executive-level positions, including Senior Vice-President - Supply Chain and Capital Management, where she administered Bell's Capital program and oversaw the planning and monitoring of Bell Canada's investments in technology. Most recently, Isabelle Courville served as President Enterprise, Bell Canada. The Enterprise business segment comprises Bell Canada's 1,000 largest customers from the private and public sectors and generates $3 billion in revenues.
Isabelle Courville holds a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and a bachelor's degree in civil law from McGill University. For the second year, Ms. Courville was awarded Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in the Corporate Executives category awarded by Women's Executive Network (WXN).
About Miranda
Miranda Technologies Inc. (TSX: MT) develops, manufactures and markets high-performance hardware and software for the television broadcast industry. Its solutions are purchased by content creators, broadcasters, specialty channels and television service providers to enable and enhance the transition to a complex multi-channel digital and HDTV broadcast environment. This equipment allows customers to generate additional revenue while reducing costs through the more efficient distribution and management of content as well as the automation of previously manual processes. Miranda employs over 400 people at its Montreal headquarters and in its offices located in Wallingford (UK), Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong, Beijing (China) and Springfield (New Jersey, USA). Miranda became a public company on December 8, 2005 and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.miranda.com.
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