Neowin News Feed for: Resigns

AOL's top advertising executive to leave company

Paul Ferson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:55:38 +0000

AOL's top advertising executive will be leaving the company, the chief executive confirmed to employees on Monday. The president of the company's global marketing and strategy, Jeff Levick, will be leaving the company after a... Read more...

Opera founder resigns over differences with board

Denis Wong — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:03:06 +0000

The co-founder of Opera Software, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, has handed in his resignation from the company, ending a term that began with the company's creation in 1995. Mr. von Tetzchner was at the helm... Read more...

Lenovo CEO resigns after quarterly losses announced

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:19:06 +0000

CEO of Lenovo Group, William J. Amelio, resigned, as the World's fourth largest PC manufacturer announced a $96.7 million quarterly loss on Thursday, following declining sales as a result of the current economic climate. The... Read more...

Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:41:12 +0000

On the heels of a week of news of a number of Microsoft executive departures and reshufflings, another has come to light. Rob Short, Corporate Vice President for Windows Core, has resigned from the company.... Read more...

Qualcomm's Top Attorney Resigns

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:09:33 +0000

In a move following a string of legal defeats to Broadcom Corp., a rival and a newcomer to the cell phone business, Qualcomm Inc. announced yesterday that its lead counsel, Lou Loupin, will be resigning.... Read more...

Oracle CFO Greg Maffei Resigns After 4 Months

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:36:03 +0000

Oracle Corp. is facing the loss of its second chief financial officer in less than eight months. Having taken the CFO position only four months ago, Gregg Maffei announced earlier this week that he would... Read more...

Microsoft game studio head resigns

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:43:32 +0000

Ed Fries, the long-time head of Microsoft Game Studios and the man responsible for cementing industry relationships for the company's Xbox video game console, has resigned, Microsoft said Tuesday. Fries' resignation was... Read more...

Asustek founder resigns, criticizes management

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:42:34 +0000

Wayne Hsieh, one of Asustek Computer's founders and the largest shareholder, resigned from the board and left his post as vice president of the manufacturing division last Friday and wrote an emotional email to former... Read more...

Hewlett-Packard says Clarke resigns

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:26:28 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday said Jeff Clarke, the head of global operations and the former chief financial officer of Compaq Computer Corp., resigned, effective immediately. Clarke, who worked on the integration of HP... Read more...

Microsoft Office Marketing Chief Resigns

Tom Warren — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:30:08 +0000

Just weeks after launching Office 2003, VP Joe Eschbach is moving on to 'pursue other interests.' Veteran Chris Capossela is moving into his spot. A high-profile member of Microsoft's information-worker business unit... Read more...

Case Resigns as AOL Chairman

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:15:37 +0000

Thanks Scorbing for posting this AOL Time Warner on Sunday said Steve Case will step down as chairman of the company following the shareholders' meeting in May, but remain as a director... Read more...

Maxtor CEO resigns to lead Selectron

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 06:46:30 +0000

Hard drive maker Maxtor announced Monday that its chief executive, Mike Cannon, is stepping down to take over as CEO at manufacturing giant Solectron. The resignation is effective immediately, according to... Read more...

Ellison resigns from Apple board

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:11:56 +0000

Thanks Betaz...Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has resigned from Apple Computer's board of directors, saying he no longer has the time to devote to the company. "I will continue to offer my advice to (Apple... Read more...

Ebbers Resigns as WorldCom Chief Executive

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:44:57 +0000

Bernard Ebbers, the brash executive who built WorldCom Inc. into one of the top telecommunications companies, has resigned, bowing to a plummeting stock price and government probes into accounting issues and personal loans he received.... Read more...