BlackBerry's COO and CMO Are Leaving in Executive Shuffle

Three of BlackBerry's top execs are leaving the company as part of a broader management shuffle after acquisition attempts fell through

BlackBerry announced Monday that its chief operating officer, Kristian Tear, and chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben, are both leaving the company. At the same time, Chief Financial Officer Brian Bidulka will be replaced by James Yersh, previously a senior vice president at the company

The move comes three weeks after BlackBerry revealed that it would not be sold and would instead raise $1 billion in financing. As part of that announcement, BlackBerry replaced CEO Thorsten Heins with John S. Chen, who previously led SAP company Sybase Read more...