New Motorola Mobility CEO, Dennis Woodside, announces plans, new hires

It hasn’t been an hour since Google announced it has acquired Motorola Mobility, new Motorola Mobility CEO and former Google Americas’ President, Dennis Woodside, is already at work. He has just announced new hires with wide experience ranging from DARPA, Amazon, Nvidia and Nokia among others. Woodside also made his plans clear about Motorola Mobility. “Our aim is simple: to focus Motorola Mobility’s remarkable talent on fewer, bigger bets, and create wonderful devices that are used by people around the world,” he said in a statement announcing the deal.
This indicates Google has not acquired Motorola Mobility for its patents alone but will continue to manufacture smartphones and tablets. There were rumors that Google might eventually sell the hardware division. Sanjay Jha, who was the CEO till the acquisition has stepped down from his position but will remain in the company to oversee the transition.
Some of the key hires Woodside announced today: Regina Dugan (former Director of DARPA), Mark Randall (former supply chain VP at Amazon and previously at Nokia), Vanessa Wittman (former CFO of Marsh & McLennan), Scott Sullivan (former head of HR at Visa and NVIDIA), and Gary Briggs (former Google VP of Consumer Marketing).