Gerald Butters is an acknowledged dignitary in the communications industry. His career of more than 39 years includes appointments as President of NTI (a Nortel Networks US subsidiary,) Chairman of the Board of AGCS (a joint venture of GTE and AT&T,) President of Lucent Technologies� Global Public Networks, and President of Lucent�s North American Marketing, Sales and Services. While at Lucent, he formed the Optical Networking Group and became its first President. Since retiring from Lucent in 2000, Mr. Butters has remained active in the technology sector serving as a board member and advisor to several innovative companies. Mr. Butters is a Fellow of the International Engineering Consortium. |