Dan Fortin is general manager of IBM Canada Ltd., and thus is responsible for strategic and day-to-day operations of IBM in Canada. Named to his current position in January 2005, Fortin leads 20,000 staff. Fortin joined IBM in 1978 and has held several marketing and management positions overseeing divisions in Canada, the

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and

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. Fortin is a native of

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. He graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from

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in Ottawa.

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