HTC reorgs their North America unit

BY Stefan Constantinescu

Published 22 Jul 2013

An email that was sent out by HTC CEO Peter Chou to all HTC employees on Sunday was obtained by The Wall Street Journal. They didn’t publish the email in full, but here’s what you need to know:

“President of Global Sales Jason Mackenzie will lead HTC America. President of North America Mike Woodward will lead Emerging Devices, a newly established business unit that will focus on innovative new HTC products and global distribution strategies.”

So what conclusions can we draw? Well, the guy who HTC trusts with leading all their global sales will now have to juggle HTC’e entire North American units as well. He must be really good. And the guy who used to used to lead North America looks like he’s putting put in charge of a skunkworks division likely working on wearables. He’s also going to be put in charge of global logistics, which is nothing to sneeze at.

Let’s see where this goes.