The company has replaced its CFO, COO, and CMO as it attempts to reinvigorate its ailing operation. November 25, 2013 6:14 AM PST BlackBerry has made several major changes at its executive level. The company on Monday announced that its chief operating officer Kristian Tear and chief marketing officer Frank Boulben are leaving BlackBerry. The company's chief financial officer Brian Bidulka is also out, but will stay on as a special advisory to CEO John Chen through the end of the company's fiscal year. BlackBerry's controller James Yersh will take over as CFO. The announcement is just the latest bloodletting at BlackBerry, as the company tries to reestablish itself an increasingly competitive mobile market. Earlier this month, BlackBerry announced that a deal that would have seen the company acquired by Fairfax Financial was dead. Thorsten Heins, the company's chief executive at the time, was fired. John Chen replaced Heins as chief executive and BlackBerry announced plans to raise $1 billion through a sale of convertible notes to investors. In a statement on Monday, Chen thanked the outgoing executives for their service to BlackBerry, adding that the moves are designed to align his "senior management team and organizational structure." In addition to losing some executives, BlackBerry said on Monday that Roger Martin, a board member since 2007, has resigned.
The company has replaced its CFO, COO, and CMO as it attempts to reinvigorate its ailing operation.
BlackBerry has made several major changes at its executive level.
The company on Monday announced that its chief operating officer Kristian Tear and chief marketing officer Frank Boulben are leaving BlackBerry. The company's chief financial officer Brian Bidulka is also out, but will stay on as a special advisory to CEO John Chen through the end of the company's fiscal year. BlackBerry's controller James Yersh will take over as CFO.
The announcement is just the latest bloodletting at BlackBerry, as the company tries to reestablish itself an increasingly competitive mobile market. Earlier this month, BlackBerry announced that a deal that would have seen the company acquired by Fairfax Financial was dead. Thorsten Heins, the company's chief executive at the time, was fired. John Chen replaced Heins as chief executive and BlackBerry announced plans to raise $1 billion through a sale of convertible notes to investors.
In a statement on Monday, Chen thanked the outgoing executives for their service to BlackBerry, adding that the moves are designed to align his "senior management team and organizational structure."
In addition to losing some executives, BlackBerry said on Monday that Roger Martin, a board member since 2007, has resigned.
