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Board of Directors
Jim Balsillie
Jim Balsillie is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief
Executive Officer of RIM. Prior to joining RIM in 1993, he was
Executive-Vice President and a director of a private engineering
company with $80 million in sales and held corporate finance
roles at two major North American firms. Mr. Balsillie is also a
director of Descartes Systems Group Inc. (TSE: DSG).
Mike Lazaridis
Since founding RIM in 1984, Mr. Lazaridis has overseen the
Company’s product development and operations in his capacity
as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer. His involvement
has earned him numerous prestigious product and technology
awards during that time. He is also a Member of the Research
Approval Committee of Ontario’s Information Research
Technology Centre.
Michael Barnstijn
Mr. Barnstijn joined RIM in 1985 and currently is Vice President,
Software, responsible for overseeing the design and debugging of
all software used in the Company’s products. He was previously
engaged in multiprocessor computer systems research at the
University of Waterloo.
Jim Estill
Mr. Estill is President & Chief Executive Officer of EMJ Data
Systems Ltd., a wholesaler of microcomputers and peripherals
with sales of $157 million (TSE: EMJ). He founded EMJ in 1979.
Douglas Fregin
Mr. Fregin co-founded RIM with Mr. Lazaridis in 1984 and
currently serves as Vice President, Operations. In addition to
acting as general manager of the Company, his responsibilities
include all circuit board level hardware design, and engineering
and production integration issues.
Valentine O’Donovan
Val O’Donovan is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
COM DEV International Ltd. (TSE: CDV), which he first joined
as President in 1974 after more than 10 years of progressive
engineering experience with RCA. In 1997, he also became
Chancellor of the University of Waterloo.
Douglas Wright
Mr. Wright is President Emeritus of the University of Waterloo
and a director of COM DEV, Electrohome, Meloche Monnex, and a
number of other corporations. He also serves on the board of the
Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund and acts as
an advisor to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Board Observer
Tom Franz, Vice President and General Manager of
Embedded Microcomputer Division, Intel Corporation
Compensation Committee
Jim Balsillie
Val O’Donovan
Douglas Wright
Audit Committee
Douglas Wright
Val O’Donovan
Jim Estill
Senior Officers of
Research In Motion
Mike Lazaridis
President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Jim Balsillie
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Michael Barnstijn
Vice President, Software
Mark Carragher
Vice President, Custom Silicon
Justin Fabian
Vice President, Business Development
Douglas Fregin
Vice President, Operations
Dennis Kavelman
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Landry
Vice President, Manufacturing
Donald McMurtry
Vice President, Sales
Charles Meyer
Vice President and Secretary
Bryan Taylor
Vice President, Engineering
David Werezak
Vice President, Marketing
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