John Lee was Executive Director, Technology Solutions, for CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s national public broadcaster, where he served for over three decades. In this role, he was responsible for the engineering and operations of its Digital Television and Radio transmission facilities, satellite infrastructure, telecommunications networks, mobility services, IP telephony and UC, and for Corporate IT, including data centers, end-user computers, applications, Information Security and Governance.

John was a member of CBC/Radio-Canada’s delegation awarded a Technical Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering for “First Full-time Distribution of TV Networks by Satellite Transmission”, 1998-1999. He received the 2001 Gemini Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for the “National Satellite Digital Video Compression (DVC) Project” and received the NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award in 2002 for the same project. John also received the 2012 CBC President’s Award for Technical Innovation for being the Executive in charge of the “Next Generation Converged Network (NGCN) Project”, a 57-city fiber optic CDN supporting all CBC/Radio-Canada TV, Radio and data traffic. In 2023, he received NABA’s International Achievement Award for his contribution to the industry.

John is a Professional Engineer, a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec. He is a Senior Engineering Consultant for NABA and is currently Chairman of its Cyber Security Sub-Committee.