Dave Dobbin is responsible for leading the market growth and development of Cogeco Data Services, with operational responsibilities for business strategy, sales and marketing, network operations, services creation and customer care.
Dave has an extensive knowledge of the telecommunications industry in Canada. In recent years, he has provided strategic counsel to carriers and large corporations in Canada and internationally on projects related to telecom network construction and optimization. He has been instrumental in assisting a large number of municipal electric utilities in Ontario enter the telecom business.
Prior to joining Cogeco Data Services, Dave was the Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Ottawa where he created a successful telecommunications subsidiary for Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc. Prior to this, he was Project Executive at Hydro One Telecom/SCBN where he managed the successful start-up of Municipal Area Networks and Wide Area Networks in Southern Ontario, as well as Vice-President of Operations at BDO Watson/Watson & Associates.
Dave was recently named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40, a national program that celebrates the country’s leaders of today and tomorrow, and that honours Canadians who have reached a significant level of success but have not yet reached the age of 40.
Dave is the chair of the Toronto Board of Trade’s Information and Communications Technology Committee and serves on the Board of the United Telecom Council of Canada of the United Telecom Council in Washington, D.C.
