Sandvine, a provider of intelligent network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile operators, announced that Steven McCartney has left the company's Board.

As well, David Thomson, business consultant, speaker and bestselling author of Blueprint to a Billion, has joined Sandvine's Board of Directors.

Mr. Thomson is the Founder and Chairman of The Blueprint Growth Institute, a specialized management-consulting firm focused on helping companies develop growth strategies and execute the 7 Essentials. His insights that identified the quantitative success pattern of America's highest growth companies-which he wrote about in his best-seller Blueprint to a Billion-have been embraced globally. Thomson's Blueprint and 7 Essentials have been featured in media such as The NY Times, Investor's Business Daily, USATODAY, ABCNews.com, BusinessWeek.com, and many others. Thomson is best known by management teams for his 7 Essentials Scorecard and Workshops to help companies grow.

Thomson has been studying and leading business growth for twenty years in general management and executive sales/marketing at Nortel Networks and Hewlett-Packard and as an associate principal during his five years at McKinsey & Company. Thomson graduated with an electrical engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.