RIM’s Head of Global Sales Quits BlackBerry Maker
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Research In Motion Ltd.’s Patrick Spence resigned as head of global sales, marking the latest management change for the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones.
Spence is taking a job in a different industry following 14 years at RIM, said Rebecca Freiburger, a spokeswoman for the Waterloo, Ontario-based company. The sales team will report to Kristian Tear, RIM’s new operating chief, who will start this summer, Freiburger said in an e-mail. Until then, the division will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins.