656:...Mary McDowell is the chief executive officer and member of the board for Polycom, Inc. Prior to joining Polycom, Mary was in charge of Nokia's Mobile Phones unit, where she successfully improved on Nokia's No. 1 position in feature phones. Mary made her way up the corporate ladder at Nokia by changing their bureaucratic system...
436:...Polycom raised some eyebrows earlier this year when it announced a partnership with longtime competitor, Zoom. The deal was such a surprise because industry watchers in part link the ease of use and cloud-first approach of Zoom and companies like it to the decline that forced Polycom into retooling as a private company....
414:...Polycom's conference room speakers and video monitors have been staples in corporate boardrooms for decades. The company's sales growth hit a rough patch in recent years, but a $ 2 billion takeover has given it a new lease on life. Polycom CEO Mary McDowell appears on Bloomberg North with
583:...Mary McDowell, who joined Houston-based Compaq in 1986, until recently was running a key server division and serving as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Hewlett-Packard. ... Nokia announced McDowell will start as head of its enterprise solutions group....
365:...With the addition of Polycom's solutions across video, audio and collaboration we will be able to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of communications and collaboration touch points and services to our customers and channel partners," Plantronics CEO Joe Burton said in a statement....
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Mary has a unique combination of technology and management experience leading multi-billion-dollar consumer and enterprise technology businesses in mobile, telecom, and enterprise sectors that make her a great fit for this role," said Frank Baker, Co-founder and
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213:...Mary McDowell, 40 -- SVP; General Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia -- After leaving her strategy job at HP late last year, McDowell now oversees Nokia's new products, like wireless phones that double as computers--a centerpiece of the company's growth strategy....
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227:"Former server exec gets new role at HP: Mary McDowell, who has been on a sabbatical, steps into a new role that oversees corporate strategy, putting to rest speculation that she might head to one of HP's rivals"
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638:...Sometimes disruption comes in the form of business innovation ... Executive vice president Mary T. McDowell leads Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit, which accounts for about half of Nokia's business....
557:...The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday it would launch a mobile financial service next year targeting consumers, mainly in emerging markets, with a phone but no banking account...
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