Sentences with phrase «mike hein»

That's Mike Heins — let's make a deal — Politics in play.

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And unlike Mike Lazaridis — who has served as a CEO of RIM since he founded it in 1984 — Heins has spent years working his way up through an established company.

The exit of both executives is only the latest in a long line since Thorsten Heins took over as CEO for Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis in January.

In a varied interview with The Record on Friday, Mike Lazaridis recounts his nearly 30 - year career at Research In Motion, leading up to his departure last week (along with co-CEO Jim Balsillie) to make way for newly - installed chief Thorsten Heins.

The founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie announced they were stepping down from their CEO positions, being replaced by Thorsten Heins.

The tough environment is a challenge for Heins, who was named president and CEO after the resignation of Jim Balsillie and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis following months of investor pressure for a change.

With Jim Balsille and Mike Lazaridis stepping down, Heins has big shoes to fill and will no doubt need to prove himself right from the start.

With Basillie selling off his stake, what remains to be seen is whether his former co-CEO and current Vice-Chairman in Mike Lazaridis will do the same, since both left the company's CEO positions after the board of directors dismissed them in a shock board meeting held on the evening of Super Bowl Sunday in 2012, in a bid to minimize media attention and scrutiny after years of splitting responsibilities in a bid to correct the increasing losses faced by the company, only to be replaced by current CEO Thorsten Heins.

Heins took over from longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January.

Mike Lazaridis became Vice Chair of RIM's Board (working closely with Heins «to offer strategic counsel, provide a smooth transition and continue to promote the BlackBerry brand worldwide») and Chair of the Board's new Innovation Committee; Jim Balsillie remains a member of the Board.

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are out, and Thorsten Heins is in as their replacement CEO at RIM.

Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-chief executives, have stepped aside after 20 years at the trouble biz, and the company on Monday named Thorsten Heins as president and CEO.

The news comes amidst a CEO shakeup at RIM in which co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down late Sunday evening and were replaced by now former co-COO Thorsten Heins.

RIM is quietly cleaning out layers of management and recruiting new people to fill important roles in a new structure being fashioned under Heins, who himself replaced longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January.