RIM reveals that one of its senior vice-presidents actually left the company months ago

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2011-10-28 8:36:00 AM

Jim Tobin has been a ghost for months.

The former senior vice-president for software and business services at RIM actually left the company month's ago, but RIM has only just confirmed the departure.

Jim, who was involved in RIM's move into cloud-based services and reported directly to co-CEO Jim Balsillie, represents just one of many resignations in recent months.

Don Morrison, a chief operating office, left in July. And since then, three more people have left—including two who went to rival Samsung. While RIM's depleted management team is not making the best decisions, its entire workforce is thinning too: in the summer RIM announced it was slashing 11% of its headcount due to diminished sales and decreasing profit.

RIM's share price now hovers in the low 20's after reaching a peak of $140 in 2008.

Company:
Research In Motion
Website:
http://www.rim.net
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry (Research In Motion) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, software development tools, and software/hardware licensing agreements. more

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Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors. When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing... more

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