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Charles Despins' career has spanned both the academic and industry segments of the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. In addition to his work as a faculty member of INRS-Telecommunications (Université du Québec) in Montreal, Canada, he has held senior posts in the private sector, namely at CAE Electronics, Microcell Telecom (Canadian GSM operator) and at Bell Nordiq Group (a network operator in rural and northern areas of Canada) as vice-president and chief technology officer. He has also worked as a consultant for wireless network deployments in India and China. Since January 2003, he has been president and CEO of Prompt inc., an ICT university-industry research and development consortium. He today remains active in university research in the Université du Québec network with research interests in wireless communications. He is also a guest lecturer on non-profit organizations in McGill University's executive MBA program.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada as well as M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical engineering, from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Despins is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and received in 2006, the Outstanding Engineer award from IEEE Canada.
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