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Curtis Howe
Curtis Howe
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Curtis is President, CEO and co-founder of Mariner.
Curtis has 25 years of experience in the telecommunications
sector, spanning marketing, network operations, software
engineering and network technology. He has led a series
of IPTV developments and deployments beginning with the
world’s first launch of a commercial service at NBTel
(now Aliant Telecom) in 1999, where he served as General
Manager, Systems Engineering, responsible for Network Technology
and Information Systems.
In this capacity, Curtis also led the technology
teams responsible for a series of IPTV technology developments
including MPEG over IP, video aware DSLAMs, and PC-based
broadcast, as well as the integration of these technologies
into commercial production networks. He concurrently served
as a director of iMagicTV, developers of the Media Manager
IPTV middleware later acquired by Alcatel.
Curtis subsequently became CTO for Aliant
Telecom where he led both engineering and network operations
teams in a second integration of IPTV services. In 2003,
he co-founded Mariner Partners, Inc. focusing on IPTV integration
and innovative IPTV applications for TV, PC and mobile
devices.
At MPI, Curtis and his team have assisted
leading IPTV integrators and service providers to develop,
integrate and launch their IPTV offerings, specializing
in IPTV service assurance and innovative IPTV applications,
including the xVu IPTV monitoring system.
A licensed professional engineer, Curtis is
a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE), and a member of the New Brunswick Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists. He is the Chairman
of the Board of the New Brunswick Electricity Systems Operator,
and a Director of Jacobi Systems Corporation. Curtis is
a past director of TARA Inc., iMagicTV, Connectivity Inc.,
Datacor/ISM Atlantic, Stentor Canadian Network Management,
and the Micro-Electronics Technology Center.
In April 2006, Curtis was awarded the KIRA Award Industry
Person of the Year. For more details, please
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