D. TONY STELLIGA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Tony Stelliga joined Quellan as CEO in April of 2003. Before joining Quellan, he was appointed to several strategic positions at Intel Corporation including General Manager, Optical Processing Division. Tony led much of Intel’s entry into Broadband Networking following the acquisition of Softcom Microsystems where he was Founder and CEO. He earned the President’s Intel Achievement Award in 2002 for these efforts. At Softcom, Tony developed leading edge Network Processors for use in Backbone Routers and Enterprise Switches for companies such as Cisco and Nortel. Intel Corporation acquired Softcom Microsystems in 1999.

Before starting Softcom, Tony started and grew the Telecom Products Division at LSI Logic. This effort lead to the development of the Industry’s first Network Processor and single chip Enterprise switches for companies such as Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel and Extreme. Prior to his tenure at LSI Logic, Tony was a Vice President at Newbridge Networks responsible for the start up of Newbridge Microsystems, now a public company named Tundra Semiconductor.

Tony received B. Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa where he also commenced his M.B.A Studies. He currently holds 20 patents in Broadband Networking and processing architectures and is currently a director at Q-Sound Corporation, a publicly traded audio technology corporation. Tony has earned speakerships at hundreds of industry conferences, panels, and events.