WATERLOO, Ontario, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited
(NYSE:BB) (TSX:BB) today announced the appointment of Thomas Eacobacci as President. Eacobacci will be
responsible for driving BlackBerry's sales, field marketing,
engineering, and customer support for BlackBerry Spark® and
BlackBerry IoT Solutions. BlackBerry Advanced Technology
Labs, licensing, and corporate functions will continue to report to
John Chen, Executive Chairman and
CEO.
BlackBerry is poised to be the leader in the enterprise IoT
software market. BlackBerry's software solutions now set the
standard for how connected endpoints are built, secured, managed
and communicate. Its technical leadership for these solutions
is widely recognized, and its reputation for security and privacy
is undisputed. With its strategy and technology in place, the
company is now focused on revenue growth and market share expansion
in this highly attractive market.
Eacobacci brings to BlackBerry 20 years of customer-facing and
go-to-market leadership expertise from his successful career with
Citrix, where most recently he served as Senior Vice President and
General Manager for the Americas. Throughout his tenure with
Citrix, Eacobacci has held global leadership roles across sales,
services, customer success, and sales operations. Prior to joining
Citrix, he spent seven years with Accenture managing and designing
application systems and processes for various large international
clients.
Eacobacci will join BlackBerry on June
15 and report to Mr. Chen.
"I am pleased to welcome Tom to BlackBerry to lead the
BlackBerry Spark and IoT Solutions Groups," said Mr. Chen.
"Tom is a key addition to the Company. His deep experience in
enterprise software and security, and long track record in
executing go-to-market initiatives will be instrumental in
expanding our addressable market and growing market share."
"I am very excited to join BlackBerry and lead the next phase of
its market expansion," said Eacobacci. "BlackBerry's technology and
vision for the industry are impressive. BlackBerry is an
iconic company with incredible employees, partners, and customers.
I am eager to work with John to deliver on this opportunity."
To learn more about Eacobacci and his experience, please visit
www.blackberry.com/leadership.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security
software and services to enterprises and governments around the
world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including 150M cars on the road today. Based in
Waterloo, Ontario, the company
leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions
in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions,
and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security management,
encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is
clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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