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Here’s what we really think about Vic Alboini of Jaguar Financial and his crusade for change at RIM and the BlackBerry business

Here’s what we really think about Vic Alboini of Jaguar Financial and his crusade for change at RIM and the BlackBerry business

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Vic Alboini (left) and CrackBerry Kevin at the Research In Motion AGM Note: This piece is being posted under my name (Kevin), but is a joint piece written by myself and Chris Umiastowski. To keep things simple, and since Chris and I agree on pretty much every major aspect of this piece, the wording "we" is used throughout instead of "I". Warning: This post is obviously longer than...
RIM to continue layoffs, 3,000 exiting the company before the end of the second quarter

RIM to continue layoffs, 3,000 exiting the company before the end of the second quarter

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The news is not new, in fact we knew that RIM was letting go of employees for quite some time now, and it appears as though August may be the month in which the remaining 3,000 employees are actually let go. Cantech Letter has been informed by some sources that these employees may be departing from the company as early as August 13, which comes just two weeks before the end of Q2,...
Former RIM employee Mike Kirkup speaks about RIM, their current issues and what it all means to the Waterloo community

Former RIM employee Mike Kirkup speaks about RIM, their current issues and what it all means to the Waterloo community

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Mike Kirkup, former Senior Director of Developer Relations at RIM has long since left the company and moved onto becoming the Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo's Velocity program. As you can derive from the title, that means he's still involved within the Waterloo region and gets to see how RIM's current situation is impacting the area around him. Taking to...
Steven Zipperstein selected as new Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Research In Motion

Steven Zipperstein selected as new Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Research In Motion

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Steven E. Zipperstein is now serving as the newly appointed Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Research In Motion. Zipperstein joins RIM from his most recent position at Verizon, but he has also worked with other large companies in the past. He was placed at RIM by legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. His role will include legal, compliance, communications and...

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