Motorola Loses Its Technology Chief Amidst Share Decline

By W. David GardnerInformationWeek

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Rich Nottenburg is the latest to leave Motorola as the exodus of top executives continues at the struggling company. A spokesperson said the key strategy and technology officer left to return to the New York area to pursue "other opportunities" and to be with his family there.

Appointed to the strategy post in 2004 by former chief executive Ed Zander, Nottenburg assumed the technology position in December. The company said Nottenburg's duties will be assumed by Daniel M. Moloney, president of Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business. Moloney is a 25-year veteran of the company, having joined its General Instrument unit in 1983.

Based in Horsham, Pa., Moloney will preside over a Motorola research operation that has been downsized in recent months.

The disappointing handset market-share numbers were contained in a report from the NPD Group. Motorola still holds the No. 1 position in the United States, but Nokia, LG, and Samsung are gaining market share rapidly. According to NPD, Samsung posted an 18% market share, LG's was 17%, and Nokia 8%. Research In Motion grabbed 5% of the market.

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