About Us

Membership

Membership is open to any organization, public or private, from any sector. Our membership includes hospitals; municipalities including their libraries, police and first responder services; school boards and higher education institutions; public utilities; and various research organizations. By interconnecting multiple organizations LARG*net enables members to share bandwidth and take advantage of any volume discounts it negotiates. For example, all member organizations have access to the Internet and LARG*net can increase the capacity of its connections to ensure overall capacity is met. Similar bulk connectivity would be advantageous to organizations in London's surrounding communities

Our Team

 

Dave Ghantous
Executive Director

Tayfun Atasoy
Operations Manager

Cindy Munro
Administrative Officer

 

Paola Gracile
Senior Network Engineer

Justin MacLean
Network Engineer

Tristan Bienstman
Cyber Security Analyst

Dhruv Patel
Network Operations Analyst
 

Structure and Governance

LARG*net is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. Membership is open to any organization, public or private, from any sector. Governance is provided through a Board of Directors comprised of up to ten sponsoring members, two representatives from regular members and two individuals from the community at large. Members are either regular or sponsoring. Sponsoring members are entitled to a seat on the Board of Directors and assume financial risk for LARG*net. Any organization may apply to become a member of LARG*net which requires approval by the Board of Directors.

Our Board

 

P. Gilbert - Chair
Chief Information Office - Fanshawe College

R. Chelladurai - Vice Chair
Associate VP, Institutional Planning and Budgeting - Western University

D. Ghantous - Ex-Officio
Executive Director - London Region and Global Network

C. Bailey - Member
Director, Information Technology Services - Middlesex Country

D. Ross - Member
Deputy Chief Financial and Chief Information Officer - St Joseph’s Health Care London

M. Daley - Member
Director, Information Technology Services - City of London

A. Mes - Member
Digital Health Executive and CIO - London Health Sciences Centre

R. Dyson - Community Member

S. Jarett - Community Member