19 Facts About Edward Zander

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

Edward 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.

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

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

Edward Zander is married to Mona Edward Zander, and the couple have two sons.

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

On January 5,2004, Edward Zander was selected by the Motorola board of directors to succeed Chris Galvin who retired in September 2003, ending a three generation reign of his family at the head of the electronics giant.

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

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

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

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

Edward 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.

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

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

Edward Zander has since been named a defendant in a securities fraud class action, on behalf of investors who purchased Motorola stock between July 19,2006 and January 4,2007, as a result of allegedly false and misleading public statements issued by Motorola during that time.

Edward Zander received $12.5 million in incentive-based pay, much of it dependent on Motorola's financial results, as well as $1.5 million in salary during 2006.

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

Edward Zander lost market share to Samsung and LG Electronics.

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