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Dennis Woodside Becomes CEO Of Motorola Mobility

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:35:45 +0000

Google CEO Larry Page has confirmed that Google has officially acquired Motorola Mobility. “Sanjay Jha, who was responsible for building the company and placing that big bet on Android, has stepped down as CEO. I would like to thank him for his efforts and am tremendously pleased that he will be working to ensure a smooth transition as long-time Googler Dennis Woodside takes over as CEO of Motorola Mobility,” said Page. Woodside expanded Google’s business across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Woodside also helped Google’s revenue increase from $10.8 billion to $17.5 billion in under three years as the President of the Americas region.

Dennis Woodside Replaces Sanjay Jha As CEO Of Motorola Mobility

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:51:59 +0000

That was fast. Ten days after Google received approval to buy Motorola, Google has replaced Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha with one of their own named Dennis Woodside. Woodside is currently Google President of Americas Operations and has worked at Google in different positions since 2003. [Bloomberg]

Nikesh Arora Shuffling Around Sales Execs At Google

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:48:04 +0000

Nikesh Arora and Tim Armstrong were the two of the top sales leaders at Google when Armstrong was still on board. Both of them would compete with each other on how well their sales organization was. Armstrong was the head of U.S. sales and Arora was the head of Europe. Since then Armstrong quit Google to become CEO and Chairman of AOL.

Now that Tim Armstrong is gone and Arora has stepped up as the President of Global Sales Ops and Business Development at Google, there has been some shuffling around. Arora hired Dennis Woodside to replace Armstrong. Woodside is a former analyst at McKinsey that has strength in analytics and data.

Here are some of the additional changes:
Company-Wide:
- The East, West, and Central sales organizations for Google AdWords will be dissolved and they will be focusing on vertical industries.
- Print related jobs will be eliminated and will be given the opportunity to apply for other jobs within the company.

Personnel:
- Penry Price has become VP of agency and industry relations.
- Jon McAteer will be responsible for retail and technology clients.
- Jim Lecinski is working with B2B, consumer-packaged goods businesses, local, and healthcare clients
- Bonita Stewart is responsible for automotive, financial, media, travel, and entertainment

[via BusinessInsider]

Matt Brittin Promoted To Head Up Google UK, Dennis Woodside Replacing Armstrong

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:02:31 +0000

About two years ago, Google hired Matt Brittin from Trinity Mirror. Now Brittin will be heading up Google’s entire UK operation. Dennis Woodside, managing director of Google UK, Ireland, and Benelux will be replacing Tim Armstrong. Armstrong is the former VP of Americas that is now taking the role of AOL CEO and Chairman.

Before we were speculating that Sukhinder Cassidy would replace Armstrong, but that is no longer the case.

Brittin was on the rowing team for Great Britain in 1988 for the Olympics and won several World Championship medals. Brittin used to tbe the Director of Strategy and Digital when he was working there. He worked closely with major advertising companies.

Mark Howe currently maintains Google UK’s ad agency and will be reporting directly to Brittin. Brittin will be managing the UK while other managers will oversee Ireland and Benelux operations.

[via Guardian]