Senior VP to leave struggling Dell Inc.
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The senior vice president of Dell Inc.'s global online business and marketing division has decided to leave the computer maker rather than oversee the company's new consumer group, according to an internal e-mail.
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Company is considering a gradual exit from processor sales.
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At least one high-level Sun exec is departing after a shake-up affecting the Sun Grid.
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Former CEO quits on heels of bad quarterly loss.
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(InfoWorld) - DellÂ on Thursday announced that Michael Cannon, the current president and CEO of electronics maker Solectron, will head a newly formed group that will oversee much of the company's operations, including manufacturing, procurement and suppliers. Cannon's appointment is the latest sign of a management shakeup underway at Dell, and underscores the seriousness of the challenges facing the company. Paul Tufano succeeds Cannon and will serve as interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement. Once the PC industry's superstar, Dell has struggled in recent quarters. The companyÂ lost its title of world's largest PC vendorÂ to a resurgent Hewlett-Packard. The company also faces scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intoÂ its accounting practices, which forced the company to delay filing its financial results for the second and third quarters of 2006. In addition, Dell last yearÂ recalled millions of defective laptop batteries, after they were determined to pose a potential fire risk to customers. In a bid to turn things around, Dell CEOÂ Kevin Rollins was replaced last monthÂ by Michael Dell, the company's chairman. Dell's return was accompanied by warnings that the company's financial results for the fourth quarter, to be announced March 1, will fall below analyst expectations. Cannon, who was president and CEO of hard-disk maker MaxtorÂ -- now part of Seagate TechnologyÂ -- before joining Solectron, will be responsible for improving Dell's manufacturing operations after he starts work on Feb, 26. His job includes the responsibility for opening factories that are closer to customers and improving the company's supply chain, Dell said, noting that plans are underway to add new factories in India, Poland and Brazil. The ultimate goal, according to Dell, is to improve product quality while shortening manufacturing times and reducing costs. Â
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Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mark McClellan said Tuesday he is resigning and will likely go work for a think tank.
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DELL Inc announced last Wednesday that Michael Dell has assumed the duties of chief executive officer. Dell, who will retain his duties as chairman of the board, replaces Kevin Rollins.
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(InfoWorld) - Lenovo Group Ltd. has snagged a fifth Dell Inc. executive in two weeks to help run its business in Asia. On Thursday Lenovo appointed Gerry Smith, 43, as senior vice president of its global supply chain, effective immediately. Smith was previously vice president in charge of Dell's Singapore design center and its displays unit. He replaces Liu Jun, who ran Lenovo's supply chain group for the past year and is taking a year's sabbatical, the company said. Smith is the latest in a string of executives that Lenovo has poached from Dell as it tries to beef up its PC business worldwide. Last week Lenovo appointed Dell's vice president of services for Asia-Pacific and Japan, Christopher Askew, to head a new services unit. A few days earlier it named David Schmook, a Dell vice president of marketing, to run a new business unit in Singapore that develops sales and product strategies. A week before that Lenovo hired David Miller, formerly president of Dell China, to become its president for Asia Pacific. And it named Sotaro Amano, Dell's corporate director for home and business sales in Japan, to be president of Lenovo Japan. Lenovo's president and chief executive officer, Bill Amelio, also joined the company from Dell, where he was senior vice president for Asia Pacific and Japan. Dell, in Round Rock, Texas, could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday morning. Lenovo bought IBM Corp.'s computer business in 2005, placing it third among PC makers behind Dell and Hewlett-Packard Co. It has struggled to compete since then, reporting poor financials and laying off workers. Dell has also been struggling lately, reporting a decline in profit of more than 50 percent for its most recent quarter. Separately on Thursday, Dell said it willÂ open a new call centerÂ in the Philippines early next year to provide additional tech support for U.S. customers. Â ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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Dell Inc. will pay its former chief executive a severance package including $5 million in cash over the next two years, the computer maker disclosed Tuesday.  Kevin Rollins stepped down on Jan. 31 and was replaced by founder Michael Dell.
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Dell CEO Kevin Rollins, who on Monday stood on stage in New York City to accept a commemorative Windows Vista plaque from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, resigned abruptly on Wednesday, and will be replaced by the computer maker's former CEO Michael Dell.
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Two weeks after he returned to run the computer company that bears his name, Michael S. Dell is making sweeping senior management changes.
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By Damon Darlin  Michael Dell has taken back the leadership of the computer company he founded, replacing Kevin Rollins after more than a year of mounting problems at Dell.  The company announced Wednesday that Rollins had resigned as chief executive and as a director.
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Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today announced the appointment of Steve  Schuckenbrock to lead the company's global  services organization. As senior vice president of global services, Mr.  Schuckenbrock will report to CEO Kevin Rollins and serve as a member of  the Dell Global Executive Management Committee.
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Michael Dell plans to remain the chief  executive of Dell Inc.  for "several years," he said in  an e-mail sent to the company on Friday afternoon and posted on  the Web site of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.
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AOL said yesterday that its chief financial officer, Stephen Swad, plans to leave the firm for a position at a private-equity firm.
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By The Associated Press  DALLAS - In a memo to Dell Inc. employees days after returning as chief executive officer, Michael Dell said the beleaguered computer maker is quashing bonuses for 2006 and reducing managers to help cut costs and steer the company back toward dominance.
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Michael Dell replaced Kevin  Rollins as CEO of Dell Inc.  on Wednesday as the No. 2  PC maker struggles with missteps in the U.S. consumer market  and lost market share to Hewlett-Packard Co. .