TELUS Exec Lands Job as Senior Managing Director at Apple Canada

Longtime TELUS executive, Brent Johnston, has started a new position at Apple Canada as their Senior Managing Director. The news was first reported by MobileSyrup earlier this morning. After the story went live, Johnston updated his LinkedIn profile to confirm the new role, which started this month.

Johnston started at TELUS back in 2005 as the VP of Mobility Solutions, a role he held for over a decade, until he became the wireless carrier’s senior VP of Consumer Marketing in May of 2014, a position he held until last month.

Miss you already @bjohn66! @TELUS won’t be the same without you! pic.twitter.com/sWUkY6TqYD

— Jennifer E. Kirner (@Renrik) February 2, 2016

The TELUS executive also helped launch the company’s Network Experience iPhone app back in 2013, which crowdsourced customers for network feedback and improvements.