Research in Motion has come to the absolute rule

Companies that would have simultaneously two executive directors, but Research in Motion, until recently, belonged to just such a minority. However, on 22 January, both co-CEO Mike Lazaridis (Mike Lazaridis) and Jim Balzile (Jim Balsillie) away from his post, and in their place came just one person - Thorstein Haynes (Thorsten Heins). Earlier, before joining RIM four years ago, Mr. Haines worked at Siemens in various roles. Resigned his post as executive director of Messrs. Lazaridis and take Balzile respectively vice chairman and chairman of the board of directors. Meanwhile, Barbara Stimeist (Barbara Stymiest) will replace them as Chairman of the Board. Trosteyn Haynes, in the following appointment to the post interview, spoke very positively about the prospects of the company. According to him, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balzile Research in Motion raised to unprecedented heights, but progress has not yet finished. In the future, the company must enter into the top three manufacturers of smartphones, and the main condition for the development must be innovation and better management. Haynes noted that he especially delighted the fact that his appointment coincides with the introduction of an entirely new BlackBerry platform 10, which will appear later this year. He did not rule out that the OS can be broadly licensed, and in addition it will appear soon PlayBook OS 2.