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virtually an outsider himself (having served at the corporation for only three years), the board of directors went with someone with more experience in a complex organization like
Motorola. Zander’s impressive career at Sun and his radical "mover and shaker" attitude won the board over and he was given the position. Zafirovski was disappointed and was expected to leave the company, especially with his history of reported run-ins with the board of directors but stayed until 31 January 2005, when he resigned.
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corporations for communications gear and services, instead of just aiming at customers of the phones and telecom companies with wireless gear. A reorganization of
Motorola's business divisions became likely. Zander wanted to see new types of products that focused on melding Internet technologies with wireless phone technologies. He established the philosophy of "seamless mobility" to integrate Motorola's products and create a sense of unity within the company.
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too long and was slow adopting 3G. The company lost market share to
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Zander has since been named a defendant in a securities fraud class action, on behalf of investors who purchased
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were also considered. Earlier, Zafirovski had proved himself an excellent executive at
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