John Nikolopoulos, Director of Marketing, has over 20 years of U.S. and Canadian-based high-tech experience, including startup venture capital (VC) funding/entrepreneurial activities, corporate strategy, strategic marketing, product management, business development/sales, network planning, and R&D.

During his 10 years at Nortel Networks, he assumed progressively senior roles in systems engineering, product management, marketing, and business development, and was a core contributor to the highly successful global launch of the world’s first and industry-leading 10Gbps transport platform.  

At  U.S.-based Corvis Corporation, John was involved in a wide range of leadership roles in marketing, product management, business development, and the office of the CTO, providing key contributions leading to its high-profile US$1.1 billion IPO in July 2000. Most recently, John was a key member of the senior founding team of carrier-Ethernet-focused Aethera Networks (formerly Positron Networks) where he was engaged in executive roles in marketing, product management, global corporate strategy, and intellectual property management, and helped raise over $12 million in multiple rounds of VC financing.

He has a significant international technical publication and public-speaking record, including numerous invitations from the IEEE as a subject-matter expert in wireless and optical network architectures and components. John holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA in Finance & Strategy, from McGill University. He is also a graduate of the Network Engineering program at the University of Toronto.