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Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943 in Bexhill-on-Sea) is a British-born Canadian businessman. He is the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel , a Canadian software company. [ 1 ]
Cover of the 1981 Mitel annual report. Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews founded Mitel in 1973 [5] [6] (officially on June 8, 1973). Conventionally, its name is regarded as a combination of the founders’ first names and their first product, Mike and Terry Lawnmowers.
Corel was founded by Michael Cowpland in 1985 as a research laboratory. Michael Cowpland was CEO of Mitel. Mitel needed writing and creative design programs to enhance the company product line. Corel products were born. Additional products were added.
MIL's most lasting contribution is that it was the meeting place for the entrepreneurs Terry Matthews and Michael Cowpland. The pair left the company to found much of the high tech industry in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. They started Mitel together. Cowpland later started Corel. Matthews later started Newbridge Networks. Cowpland's boss at MIL ...
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Terry Matthews. Sir Terence Hedley Matthews OC OBE FREng FIET [2] (born 6 June 1943) is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire. [3][4][5][6][7]‹The template Excessive citations inline is being considered for deletion.› [excessive citations] He was the richest man in Wales until 2012 ...
The head of Corel, Michael Cowpland, initially expressed optimism that Corel WordPerfect could compete effectively against Microsoft Word among business users, somewhat akin to a Coke versus Pepsi battle. [56] The optimism was wrong; many new computers came loaded with Word along with Windows. [57] Corel lost over $230 million for 1997. [56]
Zarlink was part of Mitel Corporation which was founded by Terry Matthews and Michael Cowpland in 1973. In 1982 the company developed the industry's first T1/E1 framer chip and later introduced the industry's first echo cancellation chip in 1996. In 1998, Mitel acquired GEC-Plessey Semiconductor in the UK from the General Electric Company for ...