It appears that Sundar Pichai, Google’s Senior Vice President of Chrome and Apps, just got himself a promotion and a not-so-small one at that. Re/code reports that Pichai will take on the lead for all of Google’s core products. That includes search, maps, Google+, commerce, ad products as well as his current portfolio of Android, Chrome and Google Apps. The […]
Management
VP of Product Management Punit Soni leaving Motorola
Punit Soni joined Motorola Mobility in 2012 as Vice President of Product Development when Google acquired the struggling manufacturer. With Lenovo’s acquisition of Motorola set to close by the end of the year, Soni today announced that he is leaving Motorola. Soni made the announcement today on Google+. He did not provide any details as to what the future holds […]
Sprint appoints Marcelo Claure as new President and CEO
Sprint today announced that it has appointed Marcelo Claure as the company’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Claure takes over from Dan Hesse, who has been CEO since 2007, on August 11, 2014. “Marcelo is a successful entrepreneur who transformed a start-up into a global telecommunications company. He has the management experience, passion and drive to create the strongest […]
BlackBerry appoints Marty Beard as COO
BlackBerry today announced that it has appointed Marty Beard as its Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for cross-functional organizations, including Marketing, BlackBerry 10 Application Development, Customer Care and Quality. He will also be responsible for instituting best practices and processes. BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO John Chen said, “BlackBerry continues to attract top talent to […]
Two more executives leaving HTC
It’s been a while since we reported on executive departures at HTC. The shuffle resumed today with Bloomberg reporting that both Chief Marketing Officer Ben Ho and President of Engineering and Operations Fred Liu have resigned. Ben Ho joined HTC in November 2012. He oversaw the “Here’s To Change” marketing campaign starring Robert Downey Jr. The high-profile campaign failed to improve HTC sales […]
Apple poaches Tag Heuer executive ahead of Apple iWatch launch
In an another sign that it is about to enter the wearables space, Apple has poached a senior executive from Tag Heuer, the Swiss luxury watch brand that is part of the LVMH conglomerate. Tag Heuer confirmed that ice president for sales, Patrick Pruniaux, left the company today and was headed to Apple. A Tag Heuer spokesperson told Reuters that […]
Rogers 3.0 brings more management changes at Rogers
New Rogers Communications CEO Guy Laurence recently unveiled his vision for the Canadian media and telecommunications giant. Dubbed Rogers 3.0, It promised to pull the company’s various properties into “One Rogers” with a focus on seven priorities that include improving the customer experience and continued growth. As part of the plan, a number of executives left the company. Among them […]
Rogers Communications unveils vision for future with Rogers 3.0 plan
Rogers Communications today unveiled its plans for the future. Dubbed Rogers 3.0, it outlines in broad strokes how the company will “radically improve the customer experience while laying the groundwork to reaccelerate revenue and cash flow growth relative to its peers.” Announced by CEO Guy Laurence after several high-profile executive departures in recent days, the plan sets out seven strategic priorities: […]