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British businessman

Michael Cowpland (born April 23, in Bexhill-on-Sea) is a British-born Canadian businessman.

He is the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company.^[1]

Career

Mitel

Cowpland worked for Bell Northern Research (later part of Nortel Networks), then MicroSystems International.

In , Cowpland and Terry Matthews founded Mitel Corporation, a company that developed and sold electronic PBX systems. Initial success made both founders millionaires.^[2] Sales peaked at $ million, but over-expansion and development problems saw the company bought by British Telecom.

Both Cowpland and Matthews left the company in amid disagreements with the owners.^{[citation needed]}

Corel

Matthews went on to found