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John Bradley
Chief Network Architect

Credentials?

  • As co-founder, SVP and chief scientist at Group Telecom, I designed and implemented some of the first-ever metropolitan fibre optic networks to deliver gigabit Ethernet services ­– network models that have since been replicated all over the world.
  • I helped turn GT into Canada’s most successful CLEC ­– with 400,000kms of fibre, 1500 employees and a quarter-billion-dollar revenue run rate.
  • I provided design and consulting services for Westel and helped develop Cyberstore Systems into one of the first commercial Internet service providers in BC.
  • I also designed and implemented IT systems and software for the New Democratic Party of Canada.

Career highlight?

Founding Group Telecom.

NICKNAME?

Raoul.

CRAZIEST MEMORY?

Being the best man at a friend’s wedding in India.

CHILDHOOD AMBITION?

To become an astronaut.

WILDEST DREAM?

To ride my motorcycle around the world.

WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE BASED ON YOUR LIFE?

Peter Sellers.

IF YOUR LIFE HAD A SOUNDTRACK WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Art of Noise, Devo, The Clash, Ramones, Talking Heads, and Nine Inch Nails.

TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT?

Internet.

HISTORY’S GREATEST TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION?

1. Written language
2. Linear time
3. Clothes

WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT: PIRATES OR NINJAS?

Ninjas. The pirates wouldn’t know they were in a fight until after they were dead.

http://www.askaninja.com/node/1175

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