Leadership
Emergent Solutions Inc. is the leader in secure, rugged wireless connectivity and embedded edge computing for rural and remote environments. Emergent Solutions enables new levels of intelligent service delivery at the edge of networks with high-performance, multi-RAT communication platforms that are robust, versatile, and transformational in connecting people, assets, and data globally.
Leadership Team
Louis Lambert, Chief Executive Officer |
With over 30 years in the telecom industry and the last two decades in industrial telecom, Louis has excelled at working with operators to understand their challenges and develop with them the solution requirements for the immediate and long-term evolution of these solutions. Louis has a long history of customer-facing responsibilities and customer advocacy, ensuring his organization translates customer requirements into solutions and services that delight customers and ecosystem partners. Louis has spent most of his career and volunteer time guiding companies and industries to evolve and position themselves for growth and prosperity. Louis’ experience comes from working at Alcatel, Lucent, Coppercom, Xylan, and Paradyne.
As Chief Executive Officer of Emergent Solutions Inc., Louis leads the company toward its vision, drives innovative solutions and growth, and ensures that the organization is well-positioned to succeed in providing high value to its customers, ecosystem partners, and stakeholders. Louis also advises industrial vendors and serves on the boards of AIOT Canada, as well as previously served on the boards of ENTELEC and CIPS.
Leslie Gower, Chief Financial Officer |
Les is a senior strategic financial and administrative leader with over 35 years of experience in telecom, software, environmental, manufacturing, consulting, and banking sectors. He works collaboratively in all aspects of the business, including business development, marketing, finance, administration, M&A, and strategic planning.
Les’ professional expertise spans raising and managing capital, establishing budgets, reporting and managing results, and the legal and administrative aspects of businesses. He served as CFO of the WireIE group commencing from 2008 to 2020, a Canadian telecom company based in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Previously, he held senior management roles with BPS Inc., New Carbon Economy Fund, Tuttle, Shore & Gower, Mindflight Technology Inc., and the Mercantile Bank of Canada.
Les served as a volunteer board member and President of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce in Port Perry and with the Durham Region Economic Development Department as a volunteer business networking session leader.
He holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a BA, English and BPE from McMaster University.
Rod Cronin, Vice President of Products and Systems Integration |
Rod has over 35 years wireless networking industry veteran with a broad range of roles, from designing payload processors for satellites to managing multi-million-dollar profitable product lines.
Rod brings extensive experience in complete product lifecycle management for fixed and mobile terrestrial wireless system designs and deployments. He is comfortable and knowledgeable in the field where the solutions are used and in the corporate office where the solutions are designed.
Rod enjoyed years at Motorola Canada, ComDev, Sinclair Technologies, WaveRider Communications, and Redline Communications.
Board of Directors
Ron Vered is a Co-Owner and Executive Chairman of Arnon Corporation (www.arnon.ca) and of Ron Eastern Construction Ltd. (www.recl.ca). Arnon Corporation and its affiliates own and manage real estate. RECL is a General Contractor and Construction Manager. Via R. V. Holdings Corp., his personal holding company, Ron has been instrumental in the creation and the ongoing development of several early stage companies. Ron has served on several volunteer boards including Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Community Foundations.
