Samsung earlier this month confirmed that Samsung Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Todd Pendleton was leaving the company. The company is moving quickly to fill not only the void left by the departure of the executive best known for the Samsung Next Big Thing campaign but also continue to rebuild its marketing team to turn its flagging fortunes around. It announced […]
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HTC loses Industrial Design VP Jonah Becker
Jonah Becker was named HTC’s VP of Industrial Design when Scott Croyle, former SVP of Design and User Experience, left the company. Less than a year after stepping into the role, Becker has announced viat Twitter that he has left HTC. No reasons were provided for his departure. It's been an amazing seventeen year journey with One & Co and […]
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang succeeds Peter Chou as HTC CEO
The writing had been on the wall for a long time. After three years of declining sales, HTC yesterday got a new CEO but it did not have to go very far to find that person. HTC Chairwoman and company co-founder Cher Wang is replacing Peter Chou as HTC CEO. “We are seeing rapid changes in the industry, with the […]
Samsung “Next Big Thing” marketing chief to leave company
The long-running “Next Big Thing” marketing campaign helped the Samsung Galaxy S line become some of the world’s best selling smartphones. Even Santa Claus got involved to support the original Samsung Galaxy Gear. It also helped the company establish itself as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. With the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge set to launch starting next […]
Samsung hires former Tangerine co-CEO Lee Don-tae as new design strategist
When it comes to mobile device design, aesthetics and build quality, Apple is almost always named among the brands that both consumers and other companies look up to the most. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, has in recent years upped its game in order to close the gap to its rival with devices like the Galaxy Alpha but still […]
Juno Cho named LG Mobile President and CEO
LG today announced a number of new executive appointments as it realigned some of its business units. On the mobile side, Juno Cho, the President of LG Corp., LG Electronics’ holding company, will take on the role of President and CEO of the LG Mobile Communication Company. He will succeed Dr. Jong-seok Park who will take on the new role […]
Rogers appoints Deepak Khandelwal as Chief Customer Officer
CEO Guy Laurence unveiled his vision for Rogers Communications this past Spring. Called Rogers 3.0, the second of seven strategic priorities is to “Overhaul the Customer Experience.” To make this happen, the company today announced the appointment of Deepak Khandelwal to the position of Chief Customer Officer. He will be responsible for all customer experience functions including service strategy, customer […]
WIND Mobile appoints Pietro Cordova as CEO
WIND Mobile today announced that it has a new CEO. Pietro Cordova who was the company’s Chief Operating Officer today became its Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO Tony Lacavera will stay on as Chairman and will have “an active role at the board level, including working with the company on business planning and strategy and continuing to advocate for WIND […]