Just a few days ago, we heard the rumour that Motorola Mobility CEO, Dennis Woodside, would be calling it quits at the recently Lenovo-acquired smartphone manufacturer and moving to cloud storage player Dropbox. Well, it’s no longer a rumour as Dennis Woodside makes it official, coming out in a post in Motorola‘s official blog to announce that he will be stepping down at the end of March to take up the position of Chief Operating Officer at Dropbox.
In what is essentially a open letter resignation, Woodside reminisces that during his tenure Motorola saw a ‘reinvention’ of itself with its brand and the devices that it brought to market in the Moto X and the Moto G, creating “unprecedented quality and performance to a value-priced smartphone, and created experiences that changed how people use and interact with their smartphones”. It’s definitely been an exciting time to see Motorola evolve under Woodside and Google, and I would say it’s a shame that Motorola didn’t profit more from it; perhaps the smartphone world wasn’t quite ready for their innovations.
Regardless, Woodside will be making what is likely his last appearance on the world stage at Motorola’s press conference at MWC 2014, and while it’s not expected that there will be any devices announced, it should be a nice trip down memory lane and a look at Motorola’s future. We salute and thank you, Dennis Woodside.
Source: Motorola Blog
