BlackBerry appoints Martibild as chief operating officer

Absrtact: July 22, BlackBerry announced in Monday that the company has appointed Martibild (Marty Beard) as chief operating officer to fill a post that has been vacant since the management reorganization last November. Before joining the BlackBerry, Beard's latest job

July 22, BlackBerry announced in Monday that the company has appointed Matty Burde (Marty Beard) as chief operating officer to fill a post that has been vacant since the management reorganization last November.

Prior to joining the BlackBerry, Beard recently served as chief executive of the customer service Cloud application provider, LiveOps, a former software developer Sybase executive who was run by Chen, the current executive chairman and CEO of the BlackBerry. Previously, Beard also worked for Oracle, vice president of Oracle Online, the company's E-commerce Services Division, and was responsible for leveraging the network to improve customer sales and support services. The BlackBerry's appointment to beard is immediately effective.

The BlackBerry says Beard will be responsible for the company's marketing, application management, quality and customer care operations in its position as chief operating officer. In addition, he will be responsible for building the best business practices and business processes for the BlackBerry.

The former chief operating officer, Christian Tia (Ristian Tear), left the company shortly after Chen's BlackBerry was picked up at the end of last year.

"BlackBerry is continuing to absorb top talent," says Chen. With the best technology and process, Marty can bring us a lot of experience in operations, marketing and customer service. "(Snow)