Another Top Nokia Exec Heads for the Door

When Stephen Elop takes over as Nokia CEO from the ousted Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo next week, one of his first jobs will be finding someone new to lead the company’s faltering smartphone efforts. Just a day before the start of this year’s Nokia World conference, Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki, a longtime key exec who only a couple of months ago was named head of the Mobile Solutions unit, tendered his resignation with six months’ notice. Nokia’s brief news release offered no details on Vanjoki’s plans and, rather glaringly, no expression of thanks for 20 years of service.