Nokia Pares Company Down To Two Units: Smarphones And Everything Else Share retweet Email Print Companies:Microsoft CorporationNexGen Turtle Cdn Bal Tax Managed CGNokia Corporation Sponsored Ame Related Quotes Symbol Price Change MSFT 27.50 0.00 N.TO 10.04 -0.01 NOK 10.88 0.00 Follow these stocks Ingrid Lunden, On Friday February 11, 2011, 3:09 am Nokia (NYSE:NOK - News), which today announced a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT - News) using its Windows Phone platform, has now also given some details on its new company structure and the people who will be charged with running it. Some definite executive upheaval but not quite what had been reported. In an announcement, Nokia said that the Nokia Leadership Team, formerly known as the Group Executive Board, will have the following people on it: Stephen Elop, Esko Aho, Juha Akras, Jerri DeVard, Colin Giles, Rich Green, Jo Harlow, Timo Ihamuotila, Mary McDowell, Kai Oistamo, Tero Ojanpera, Louise Pentland and Niklas Savander. Alberto Torres, who had been running Nokia’s MeeGo development, has stepped down from the management team, effective February 10 to “pursue other interests outside the company.” There is also now a new company structure, composed of two business units: Smart Devices and Mobile Phones (note the disappearance of services as a separate unit). They will focus on Nokia ’s key business areas: high-end smartphones and mass-market mobile phones. Each unit will have profit- and-loss responsibility and end-to-end accountability for the full consumer experience, including product development, product management and product marketing. Interesting to note in the details below that Nokia seems to be intent on keeping Symbian and MeeGo running, while also pursuing the alliance with Microsoft. More details from the release: Smart Devices will be responsible for building Nokia’s leadership in smartphones and will be led by Jo Harlow. The following sub-units now in Mobile Solutions will move under Smart Devices: - Symbian Smartphones - MeeGo Computers - Strategic Business Operations To support the planned new partnership with Microsoft, Smart Devices will be responsible for creating a winning Windows Phone portfolio. Mobile Phones will drive Nokia’s “web for the next billion” strategy. Mobile Phones will leverage its innovation and strength in growth markets to connect the next billion people and bring them affordable access to the Internet and applications. The Mobile Phones unit will be led by Mary McDowell. Markets will be responsible for selling products, executing compelling marketing and communications, creating a competitive local ecosystem, sourcing, customer care, manufacturing, IT and logistics across all Nokia products. It will be headed by Niklas Savander. Services and Developer Experience will be responsible for Nokia’s global services portfolio, developer offering, developer relations and integration of partner service offerings. Tero Ojanpera will lead the Services and Developer Experience unit in an acting capacity. NAVTEQ (NYSE:NVT - News), an integral part of Nokia’s location and advertising business, will be headed by Larry Kaplan, and continue as a separate reporting entity. The CTO Office will be responsible for Nokia’s technology strategy and forward-looking technology activities, including Nokia Research Center. It will be headed by Rich Green. Design, responsible for Nokia product and user experience design, will be led by Marko Ahtisaari. The CFO Office, responsible for all financial activity, will be headed by Timo Ihamuotila. Corporate Development, responsible for driving implementation of Nokia’s ecosystem strategy and strategic partnerships, will be headed by Kai Oistamo. Corporate Relations & Responsibility, responsible for Nokia’s government and public affairs, sustainable development and social responsibility, will be led by Esko Aho. Human Resources will be led by Juha Akras. Legal and Intellectual Property will be led by Louise Pentland.