Motorola losing former mobile phone head, marketing chief
Motorola late on Friday announced the "immediate" departure of the former head of its troubled mobile-devices division, a day after confirming that its marketing chief was no longer with the company.
Former Motorola cell phone chief Stu Reed
(Credit: Motorola)"Motorola, Inc. today announced that Stu Reed, formerly the president of Motorola's Mobile Devices business, has decided to leave the company, effective immediately," the company said in a statement. No further details on the nature of Reed's departure were provided, and his bio has been purged from Motorola's site. Reed's role had been uncertain since CEO Greg Brown assumed control of the mobile phone division in February.
The last six months or so haven't exactly been the best period in the history of Motorola's mobile-phone business. The company has shed significant market share, and it announced earlier this year that it would explore "strategic alternatives" for its mobile-phone division. At the time, that sounded like Motorola was getting ready to offload the group, although CEO Greg Brown told reporters at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that he was "fully committed" to the Mobile Devices group.
No replacement was named, leaving the Mobile Devices group without a leader for the time being. On Thursday, Motorola confirmed that Casey Keller, the former chief marketing officer for the company, had also left.
Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Internet search, including Google, Yahoo, online advertising, and portals, as well as the evolution of mobile computing. He has written about traditional PC companies, chip manufacturers, and mobile computers, spending the last three years covering Apple. E-mail Tom.
