Frank Boulben
The appointments are the first major personnel additions for Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins, who took charge in January from co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. While the new executives bring global experience, they both come ...

Kristian Tear
Those two departures came shortly after CEO Thorsten Heins took the reins at RIM from former co-chiefs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.

Thorsten Heins
The German- born CEO, who took over from RIM co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January, said hes also close to choosing a chief operating officer. The companys expansion from 6,000 employees when he joined RIM from Siemens AG ...

Jim Balsillie
Did RIMM make major blunders last few years and dropped the ball? That is very true. After all, Mike Lazaridis and James Balsillie created an empire and then lost it. If that were not the case, it would have been RIMM, not Apple, counting those hundred ...

Sony Mobile Communications
Unbelievably, they defended the company's former co-CEOs James Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. I argued that RIMM bulls should have directed all of this anger and energy at the company, not some guy who called the play-by-play of the demise from his posh ...

Chief Executive Officer
Heins, who became CEO in January after the resignation of longtime co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, has long emphasized the importance of on-boarding a CMO at RIM who could breathe new life into the BlackBerry brand and refocus the companys ...

Executive Vice President
The appointments are the first major personnel additions for Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins, who took charge in January from co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. While the new executives bring global experience, they both come ...

RIM Names Operating, Marketing Chiefs as It Seeks Turnaround
Heins replaced co-CEO's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis after the company lost tens of billions in market value. Heins has said that RIM has to improve its marketing. Boulben will be in charge of that. "RIM is a pioneer in the mobile world and ...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion adds two executives
Unable to turn the tide for RIM, Mike Lazaridis decides to step down from the CEO position and was replaced by Thorsten Heins this past January. Are we witnessing the end of RIM? You decide. I hope that this brief walk down memory lane was as exciting for ...

RIM Bets on BlackBerry Without Keyboard
during his first quarterly results conference call since taking over for deposed co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Whether a sale or other strategic move materializes or not, those watching the company agree that it simply must get its ...