Despite putting on a brave front and launching three new devices this year, BlackBerry is in the fight of its life and the outcome is still uncertain. It announced a US$84 milllion loss in the last quarter and is expected to announce another this quarter. While it is trying to rebuild its sales, it is also working behind the scenes […]
Management
Apple’s Bob Mansfield steps down from SVP role to take on “special projects”
Less than a year after taking over leadership of a new group called Technologies, Bob Mansfield has again stepped away from Apple’s executive team. Mansfield had been wooed back to Apple in October 2012 as part of a management shakeup after retiring in June 2012. Rumours began to circulate over the weekend after Mansfield’s biography disappeared from the company’s website. […]
PlayBook executive leaves BlackBerry
BlackBerry is losing another senior executive. According to The Wall Street Journal, David J. Smith, Executive Vice President for Enterprise Mobile Computing, has resigned with the move taking place “within the past few weeks.” Smith led the team that was responsible for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, assuming the role a few months after its 2011 launch. Missing a number of […]
Motorola building “wearables design” team
Google-owned Motorola is the latest company to get onto the wearable technology bandwagon. It is currently looking for a “Sr. director industrial design – Wearables” to establish and run a new wearables design team. To lead the group, it wants someone with more than 15 years of experience in the design of consumer products and/or apparel. The role calls for […]
HTC reorganizes U.S. operations and creates new Emerging Devices unit
Despite the fact that the HTC One was well received by customers and critics alike, HTC continues to struggle to turn its fortunes around. Sales dropped 83% in its second quarter (the failure of the HTC First likely did not help) from the previous year and it has lost a number of executives in recent months. HTC CEO Peter Chou […]
More BlackBerry executive departures coming?
On the heels of two recent executive exits and one high-profile firing, BlackBerry is bracing itself for more departures in the near future. An unnamed source told Bloomberg that two key reasons may cause additional managers to leave in the coming weeks. In the first case, a number of one-year incentive packages provided to managers to keep them onboard as […]
BlackBerry loses two more senior executives
More changes are afoot at BlackBerry. The company yesterday confirmed that Richard Piasentin, the company’s vice president for US sales, had been fired and today announced two more executive departures. Of concern perhaps is that both were described as having played “significant roles” in the launch of BlackBerry 10 and the first devices to use the new operating system. The […]
Huawei hires ex-Nokia executive Colin Giles to head up Consumer Business Group
Huawei today announced the appointment of Colin Giles as Executive Vice President, Huawei Consumer Business Group. He will be responsible for global marketing, retail and open channel development. The move is meant to help the Chinese company establish itself as a “leading global brand in the smartphone industry.” Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group said, “Colin has […]