BlackBerry CEO Chen to retire after a decade at the helm of affairs


By MYBRANDBOOK


BlackBerry CEO Chen to retire after a decade at the helm of affairs

BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen is retiring after a decade at the helm of the Canadian technology firm where he oversaw its pivot from a hardware and devices company to one that focuses on enterprise software. Chen will also relinquish responsibilities as board chair. 

 

"The BlackBerry Board of Directors would like to express its gratitude to John for his decade of strong leadership. His achievement of saving BlackBerry and repositioning it as a software company with leading Cybersecurity and IoT technologies has been remarkable," said Prem Watsa, Lead Director of the BlackBerry Board

 

"It has been an honor to lead and transform this iconic company over the past decade. I'm proud to have been able to establish BlackBerry's vision of a trusted, software-defined world and to position the company to unlock value through the separation of our core business units into two separate operating companies," said Chen. "I want to thank everyone across the BlackBerry community – the Board, employees, customers, partners, and more – for your support during my tenure and wish the company every success in the future." 

 

The company has named Richard Lynch, a Director on BlackBerry’s board, as interim CEO as it searches for a permanent replacement.  

 

Lynch joined the BlackBerry Board in 2013 and serves as a member of its Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee. He previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless. He is a Director of Cohere Technologies and iconectiv and has served as Chairman of Ribbon Communications and as a Director of Ruckus Wireless. 

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