Edward Zander
Edward Zander
Edward J. Zanderis an American business executive. He was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Motorola from January 2004 until January 2008, remaining as chairman until May 2008. His work in the technology sector included management positions at Data General and Apollo Computer before joining Sun Microsystems in 1987, where he was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth12 January 1947
CountryUnited States of America
I can't say enough about how much he helped me during the transition. He wanted to stick around and work through that, but in the end, he wanted to be a CEO.
Mobile phones today are more like television when I was a kid,
We will be evaluating that (a manufacturing base) as we move forward and our business grows.
This reorganization will allow us to strengthen our position in providing end-to-end network infrastructure solutions to private, public and enterprise customers worldwide.
We like our position in the market and we expect to continue to grow the company faster than our competitors,
We are working with some people here in India to see how low we can go,
The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really, really going well, that's the time to change.
Tech is a funny industry; I don't think there is any other industry on the planet that reinvents itself every 10-12 years.
I think the greatest CEOs in the United States, business, anyway, are the ones you don't hear too much about.
There is no panic, (but) we have a little bigger hill to climb in India -- it is the only major geography where we haven't had success that we have had around the world,
It's never as good as it feels, and it's never as bad as it seems.
We are considering it. We need to grow our market share here,
We are planning some more wild products in 2006.
Our nation's wireless needs are too often governed by outdated regulations that hinder economic progress and innovation.