Posted on March 11: Lecture examines fallout and rise of information technology

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March 11, 2003

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Stephenson_opt.jpg” caption=”Carol Stephenson”]Carol Stephenson, recent president and chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies Canada, will present the 19th annual J.W. Hodgins Memorial Lecture tonight (March 11).

Presented by the Faculty of Engineering, the lecture “After the Bust: Rebuilding the Trust”, takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the McMaster Information Technology Building, Lecture Hall, Room 137.

Stephenson, who has an extensive background within the telecommunications industry, will discuss the evolution of the information technology industry and where she sees it heading in the future.

She recently led Lucent's Canadian team in providing sales, marketing, installation, maintenance and other services to the company's growing service provider customer base across Canada. She has a range of expertise in marketing, operations, strategic planning, business development, regulatory affairs, alliance management, technology development and financial management.

Prior to her position at Lucent, Stephenson was president and COO of BCE Media Inc., a startup company offering leading edge satellite services for corporate business customers throughout the Americas. Before that, she was president and CEO of Stentor Resource Centre Inc. where she led the national marketing and technology development centre for Canada's nine telecommunications companies.

In 1995, she was named Woman of the Year by Canadian Women in Telecommunications and in 1998 was named Woman of the Year by Wired Women. She is currently chair of the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Association of Canada as well as a director for Queen's University School of Business Advisory Board, Ottawa-Carleton Economic Development Corporation, Women's College Hospital Foundation Board, Ottawa Airport Authority and ING Canada.

Stephenson is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has successfully completed the executive program at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley, as well as the advanced management program at Harvard University.