For leasing of network infrastructure and computer technology in western Canada please contact:
Ken Hewitt, MBA
Account Manager
email: ken@leasedirect.ca
Tel. 403.680.4141
Fax 403.398.0174
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Ken's Bio
Ken Hewitt was President and CEO of Cybera Inc. (www.cybera.ca), until November of 2007. Cybera is a new Alberta organization mandated to develop Cyberinfrastructure throughout the province.
Previously, as President of Netera Alliance, Ken worked with a provincial task force to examine research infrastructure in Alberta, and to align infrastructure development with developing global trends in e-science, grid computing and cyberinfrastructure.
He is also Chief Administrative Officer for WestGrid, a $48 million computing and networking research infrastructure project in Alberta and British Columbia. He is former Director of the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary, a post he held while also Executive Director of Netera and, for a period of overlap, Manager of Theatre Services at the University of Calgary. He worked in arts administration and theatre management positions at the University of Calgary for twenty years. He is a past-president of the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology.
From 1988 to 1992, Ken Hewitt was also president of the Alpine Club of Canada, and served on its board of directors for more than ten years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama (1971), and Masters degree in Business Administration (1983) from the University of Calgary.
