Thorsten Heins
Thorsten Gerhard Heins (born December 29, 1957 in Gifhorn ) is a German manager and was CEO of the Canadian smartphone manufacturer Blackberry between January 2012 and November 2013 .
Life
Heins studied physics at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University in Hanover . In 1984 he started in the communications division of Siemens AG and was CTO when he left the group . He started at RIM in 2007 as Senior Vice President of the "Blackberry Handheld Business Unit" & " COO of Product Engineering". In July 2011 he became “ COO of Product and Sales”. In January 2012, RIM founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis appointed Heins as the new President and CEO of Research In Motion . In November 2013 he resigned from these positions.
Heins is married and has two children.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b A German is supposed to save the Blackberrys , Frankfurter Rundschau, January 23, 2012
- ↑ a b Thorsten Heins - the new boss at RIM ( memento from January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Financial Times Deutschland, January 23, 2012
- ↑ Catching up after the crash: German boss wants to reinvent Blackberry , Focus, January 30, 2012
- ↑ Press release: [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heins, Thorsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heins, Thorsten Gerhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gifhorn |