Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO
by Volker Weber
The Board of Directors of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced that ... it has unanimously named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer. ... Prior to today's announcement, Mr. Heins was one of RIM's two Chief Operating Officers and, before that, Senior Vice President for the Handheld Business Unit. He played key roles in the creation of RIM's product portfolio. Mr. Heins came to RIM in December 2007 from the industrial conglomerate Siemens AG.
I am not expecting radical changes.