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A lifetime of achievements: Q&A with Ottawa’s Michael Potter
One of the true titans of Ottawa’s “golden generation” of high-tech leaders, Michael Potter took a small consulting company named Quasar Systems, renamed it Cognos
Michael Potter named Ottawa’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Michael Potter has held many titles in his career: Chief executive, Philanthropist of the Year and even Honorary Colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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