iAdvantage Software, a developer of data solutions for life science companies, has hired a former Nortel executive as its director of business development.

Sue Fuson, who has more than 20 years of experience in e-business, quality and process management and international business development, formerly worked at Nortel. Fuson was involved in both U.S. and Japanese operations.

“The continuing expansion of iAdvantage’s business development effort has driven the decision to add Sue to our team,” said Fate Thompson, CEO of iAdvantage. “The management and growth of our business development efforts is key to our future success, and Sue’s extensive experience and expertise will help ensure we reach our goals.”

IAdvantage provides applications for data collection and reporting with its Biotech Management System, Web Data Collector and Document Generator products.