Bill Owens

Bill is currently CEO of Nortel Networks in addition to serving on a number of IT and Telecoms boards. Bill was former President / COO / vice chairman of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and previous Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments, commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defence Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney. Bill is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and a master’s in management from George Washington University.