Two electrical engineering alumni have been appointed to important senior leadership positions. At the end of March, Telus Corp named Joe Natale the telecommunications company's next chief executive officer. Natale, who joined Telus in 2003, is a frequent guest speaker on entrepreneurship at the University of Waterloo. He graduated with a Waterloo electrical engineering degree in 1987.
Bill Rosehart, a triple graduate of Waterloo's electrical engineering program, has been named the new dean of engineering at the University of Calgary, a position he's held on an interim basis since July 2013. Rosehart joined the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering in 2001. Prior to becoming interim dean, he was head of the Faculty's electrical and computer Engineering department. His appointment announcement says that Rosehart "will be a passionate advocate for engineering, the university, and the City of Calgary."