15 Facts About Ed Zander

Ed Zander was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Motorola from January 2004 until January 2008, remaining as chairman until May 2008.

Ed Zander was a member of the board of directors at Seagate Technologies from 2002 to 2004, and at Time Warner Inc from January to May 2007.

Ed Zander has been a member of the board of directors at EagleView Technologies Inc since 2008.

Ed Zander is the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Greece, who couldn't afford college but stressed education to their children.

Ed Zander attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and graduated in the class of 1968.

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Ed Zander was responsible for Sun's seven product divisions which included engineering, product development, sales, service, and marketing.

Ed Zander arrived from General Electric and led the cell phone business to profitability.

Ed Zander announced that he would focus the company on its consumer electronics business and start taking better care of its customers .

Ed Zander ramped up the business units that sell radio equipment to the government, cable set-top box components, and wireless communications products.

Ed Zander came into a tough corporate culture - Motorola's departments have been referred to as "warring tribes".

Ed Zander started looking to target major corporations for communications gear and services, instead of just aiming at customers of the phones and telecom companies with wireless gear.

Ed Zander wanted to see new types of products that focused on melding Internet technologies with wireless phone technologies.

Ed Zander established the philosophy of "seamless mobility" to integrate Motorola's products and create a sense of unity within the company.

Ed Zander capitalized on the success of the Motorola RAZR too long and was slow adopting 3G.

Ed Zander stepped down as CEO on 1 January 2008, succeeded by Greg Brown, who was prior to then President and Chief Operating Officer.