“Kevin Packingham, the chief product officer for the mobile division of Samsung Electronics, who was involved in introducing several of Samsung’s popular Galaxy devices, has left the company,” Brian X. Chen reports for The New York Times.
“The reasons for Mr. Packingham’s departure were unclear. Samsung’s spokespeople declined to provide details on whether his exit was voluntary. The departure was announced internally as recently as Tuesday,” Chen reports. “‘Kevin Packingham has departed Samsung Mobile,’ said Ashley Wimberly, a Samsung Mobile spokeswoman, in a statement. ‘We thank Kevin for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.'”
Chen reports, “Over his two years at Samsung Mobile, in Dallas, Mr. Packingham was instrumental in the global unveiling of the Galaxy S III smartphone, the first serious contender to Apple’s iPhone last year, in terms of sales. He was involved in the negotiations that enabled Samsung to release the smartphone on all of the big American carriers.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Maybe he woke up one day and decided he was finally sick and tired of doing the bidding of lying, cheating thieves?
Or maybe he realized that he’d be stuck trying to peddle 32-bit antiques for the foreseeable future, so he got going while the going was good?
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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