Shane Burnstun
Shane Burnstun is the Chairman and CTO of the Canadian startup, Fairview Wireless.[1]
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| Country: | Canada |
| Email: | shane [at] fairviewwirelessc.com |
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| Facebook: |  [Facebook ID Shane Burnstun]
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Fairview Wireless
In 1997, Share Burnstun and his partner Don McLeod sold the IP infrastructure business MaxNet Services Inc which eventually merged with AT&T Canada. Then, in 2000, Shane Burnstan along with Don McLeod and Eddie Wong came up with the idea for this new business operation: to create an IP service platform for the wireless broadband industry. This is how Fairview Wireless was born, its main offices being in Vancouver, Canada.
The business plan developed by Shane Burnstun also focused on a WISP for small communities and college campuses. His solution was based on NTPayMaster including a complete and integrated billing system. [2]
Fairview Woreless was the main provider for wireless and optical services to the conference hotel for ICANN Vancouver 2005.
Professional Experience
Shane Burnstun has over 30 years of information technology and telecommunications experience and he has the following professional experience:
- For 10 years he worked at IBM within the mainframe computer environments and then he switched to working for manufacturers.
- He occupied senior positions in customer support, product development, marketing and sales management departments within companies like HP, Honeywell, Sperry Univac and AT&T.
- In 1994, Shane Burnstun co-founded MaxNet Services Inc., a network services company that specialized in secure Internet delivery. A few years later, this company was sold to MetroNet Communications in 1997. Shane was the National Director of MetroNet and stayed with the company until the merger with AT&T Canada in 1999. [3]
The management of Fairview Wireless
Fairview Wireless is a private owned company whose management consists of:
- Shane Burnstun as CEO and Chief Technology Officer (CTO);
- Eddie Wong as Vice-President, Development;
- Ken Farber as Vice-President, Business Operations;
- Michael G. Newman for Installation and Support actitivies. [4]