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Our Story

Passion for Connected Services Drives Everything We Do

Our company attracts talented and passionate individuals who love connected services. With our unique multi-carrier environments, we provide consumers with choice and unbiased expertise in finding the wireless solutions that work for them.

For over 20 years, GLENTEL-managed retail locations have been the go-to destination for all things mobile across Canada. We’re passionate about technology; our in-store experts are eager to share their knowledge. You can count on us to provide well-rounded advice on a broad assortment of the latest phones, plans, tablets, and accessories.

A Unique Multi-Carrier Retail Environment

GLENTEL’s objective expertise across all product categories provides our customers with a variety of choices. You’ll find the custom wireless solution you’ve been looking for across mobile, home, internet-of-things and other connected services in the platform that makes you comfortable.

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Mission & Values

Making the Purchase of Connected Solutions Easy in Every Canadian Community

  • Mission

    Mission

    Leadership in Connected Services

    Enriching the lives of Canadians through Connected Services delivered with Passion and relentless pursuit of operational efficiencies.

  • Values

    Values

    Trust, Respect, Ownership, Passion, Humility & Integrity

    GLENTEL embraces these values to encourage innovative thinking, provocative ideas to inspire strong relationships with each other, our valued customers and business partners. Humble yet hungry, owning the results, standing by our products and services we offer.

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Our Team

Our Executive Team

GLENTEL is extremely proud of its unique Employee Retention and Staff Loyalty-of-Years of Service Program and all our employees who have dedicated their time and energy to our company.

  • Ravi Nookala

    Ravi Nookala

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Ravi is responsible for growing GLENTEL’s presence in the Canadian marketplace across all banners. Ravi began his career at Sony in 1991. Since then he has held senior management roles across Sony’s worldwide operations spanning the Middle East, India, Canada and the U.S.A. as President of Sony Mobile Communications (U.S.A).

    Ravi holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto and has completed the Advanced Leadership Program at UCLA.

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  • Damon A. Jones

    Damon A. Jones

    Vice President, Retail Sales and Operations

    Damon Jones joined the GLENTEL team in January 2000 as a Regional Sales Manager after 18 years’ of manager and district manager experience in the Tandy/Intertan dba Radio Shack in Canada organization. He was tasked with opening the WirelessWave stores throughout the balance of Canada. In 2003 Damon headed up the challenge of developing the store in store concept, WIRELESS etc. within Costco brand. In 2006 Damon assumed responsibility of the recently acquired Telephone Booth and doubled the store count in the next couple of years. In 2011 Damon opened the Samsung store concept in Canada and currently leads the growth of that business unit. A senior executive who believes in inspiring an entrepreneurship environment with strong timely execution as a priority.

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  • Harry Parmar

    Harry Parmar

    General Manager, WIRELESS etc. (Costco Canada)

    Harry joined GLENTEL in November 2013 and has led the implementation and execution of changes management strategies designed to align and aggressively grow our wireless business partnership with Costco Canada. This strategy firmly puts the Costco Member at the centre of our operating model.

    Prior to joining GLENTEL, Harry spent 16 years at Future Shop/Best Buy Canada and Best Buy Europe in a number of increasingly progressive leadership and executive roles. During this time, Harry led business units in the following functional areas: merchandising & procurement, global sourcing, customer service & repairs centres, extended warranty, customer call centres, expanded assortments on-line, new business start up’s & experienced in international expansion – all at a Director or Vice President level. Prior to his time with Best Buy Canada, Harry held a middle management position in the retail channel at the start up Clearnet PCS (Now Telus Mobility). Harry holds a post college Diploma in Business & Finance (Marketing major) and also holds a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (DipM).

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  • Erika Tse

    Erika Tse

    Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

    Erika Tse joined GLENTEL in 2005. Erika has been practicing law since 1994 in various in-house counsel positions including Weyerhaeuser and Overwaitea Food Group. She obtained her Bachelor of Law from Dalhousie University and her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.

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  • Hassan Founouni

    Hassan Founouni

    Senior Director, Finance

    Hassan oversees all Finance, Treasury, and Analytics functions at GLENTEL, working closely with the business to drive fact-based decision making and forward-looking planning activities. Prior to joining GLENTEL, Hassan held several senior finance and analytics roles at Best Buy Canada and the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA).

    Hassan is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA), and holds an MBA, specializing in Strategy and Finance, from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

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