Today, Nortel announced its new Chief Technology Officer, Gary Kunis. He will lead Nortel's strategic vision for the product and technology portfolio. He will report to Gary Daichendt, president and COO. One of the pioneers of the Internet in the 1980s, Kunis has led numerous development and engineering breakthroughs related to IP standards and routing technology. Until 2002, Kunis was the Chief Science Officer at Cisco Systems.

In addition to the Kunis news, Nortel announced that Brian McFadden, a 26-year Nortel veteran and the current CTO, has been appointed to the role of Chief Research Officer (CRO).

The release announcing Mr. Kunis' and Mr. McFadden's appointments can be found here.