Motorola Solutions Board Elects Greg Brown Chairman
May 03 2011 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) board of directors
announced today that it has elected CEO Greg Brown to the
additional role of chairman. He replaces Dave Dorman, who has been
elected as lead independent director of the board.
“I want to thank Dave for his service to Motorola as its
chairman over the past 3 years and, in particular, his leadership
and guidance as Motorola planned and executed its successful
separation into two companies,” Brown said. “I look forward to
working with him in his role of lead independent director as we
continue to build and grow our company.”
Said Dorman: “I am honored to have been chairman of Motorola,
and Greg has my full support in his new role as he guides this
company to greater success.”
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Greg Brown is chairman and chief executive officer of
Motorola Solutions, Inc. Brown joined Motorola in 2003 and was
elected to the company's board of directors in 2007. He became
president and CEO of Motorola in January 2008. Since that time, he
has served as CEO or co-CEO of Motorola.
Brown served as president and chief operating officer of
Motorola, Inc. beginning in 2007. Previously, he headed four
different businesses at Motorola, including the government and
public safety, networks, enterprise and automotive businesses.
Brown also led the $3.9 billion acquisition of Symbol Technologies,
the second largest transaction in Motorola's history and an
important strategic move to strengthen Motorola's Enterprise
Mobility business.
Prior to joining Motorola, he was chairman and CEO of Micromuse
Inc., a publicly traded network management software company. Before
that, he was president of Ameritech Custom Business Services and
Ameritech New Media Inc. Prior to joining Ameritech in 1987, Brown
held a variety of sales and marketing positions with AT&T.
In addition to his responsibilities at Motorola Solutions, Brown
is an active member of the civic and business communities. He
recently was appointed by President Obama to the President’s
Management Advisory Board. He is a member of the Business Council,
Business Roundtable, Technology CEO Council, Commercial Club of
Chicago and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital board. He is also on
the executive committee of the US-China Business Council
(USCBC).
Brown earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Rutgers
University and is a member of the Rutgers University board of
trustees and board of overseers.
Dave Dorman is lead independent director of the board for
Motorola Solutions and previously was the non-executive chairman of
Motorola Solutions and Motorola. Previously, he was a managing
director and senior adviser with Warburg Pincus, a global leader in
private equity. He was chairman and CEO of AT&T, a provider of
Internet- and transaction-based voice and data services, from
November 2002 until the completion of the AT&T Corp. and SBC
Communications merger in November 2005. Dorman joined AT&T as
president in December 2000. He began his career in the
telecommunications industry at Sprint Corp. in 1981. Dorman serves
on the boards for CVS Caremark Corporation and is chairman-elect,
YUM! Brands, Inc. and the Georgia Tech Foundation. He received a
bachelor’s degree in industrial management with high honors from
the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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