11 posts and columns on Dennis Woodside

Several Other Motorola Executives Join Sanjay Jha in Heading for the Exits

in Mobile on May 22 at 4:21 pm PT

With the Google deal closed, a number of other Motorola executives are leaving the company. For rank-and-filers, though, there were few signs of the takeover on Day 1 as part of the search giant.
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It’s Time to Googorola: Acquisition Finally Closes and Google’s Dennis Woodside Put in Charge

in Mobile on May 22 at 6:35 am PT

At long last, Google has completed its $12.5 billion cash purchase of Motorola Mobility, eight months after the deal was announced.
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Google Will Tap One of Its Own to Run Motorola Mobility

in News on February 23 at 1:00 pm PT

Now that Google has won approval for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, it’s gearing up to make some big changes at the company. The first: Bringing in some new leadership. Bloomberg reports that Google plans to replace current Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha with Dennis Woodside, who oversaw the deal after leaving his job as president of Google Americas.

Google Calls Justice Department Second Request on Motorola Deal “Pretty Routine” (If Four Percent Is Routine)

in News on September 29, 2011 at 4:31 am PT

The acquisitive search giant plays the odds again in Washington, D.C., with handset purchase.
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Google’s Woodside to Lead Motorola Mobility Integration

in News on September 24, 2011 at 11:50 am PT

With Margo Georgiadis leaving her gig as COO of Groupon to return to Google as president of its Americas business, the search giant has given Dennis Woodside, the executive currently in that position, a new role: Overseeing the integration of Motorola Mobility. By far the largest acquisition in Google’s history, the purchase of Motorola Mobility brings with it a groaning board of integration challenges. But according to Nikesh Arora, Google’s senior vice president and chief business officer, Woodside is prepared for them. “He wanted a new and exciting challenge,” Arora told Bloomberg. “We wanted a capable pair of hands.”

Wanted: Groupon COO. Must Like Cat-Wrangling, Lack of Spotlight and International Travel (Post-Samwer)

in News on March 29, 2011 at 10:37 am PT

Of all the many job openings in tech, perhaps the most interesting to watch will be who Groupon selects as its next COO, after the recent announcement that it was parting ways with President and COO Rob Solomon. Requirements for running the Chicago-based social buying site: epic cat-wrangling of thousands of employees in far-flung locations; deep marketing and advertising prowess; high-level technology, product, mobile and e-commerce chops; and international experience. Also, please stand in the shadows.

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Google Opts to Reshuffle its Sales Structure

in News on May 21, 2009 at 4:37 am PT

Google’s new global operations and sales boss Nikesh Arora has started shuffling some chairs. On Wednesday, Arora and Dennis Woodside, Google’s new vice president for the Americas, announced a series of changes to the Internet giant’s sales staff, which has been in limbo since Google’s top two senior sales and operations executives stepped aside in recent weeks.

More Tim Armstrong Fallout: Departures at Google, AOL

in Media on May 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm PT

More ripple effects from Tim Armstrong’s departure from Google to run AOL for Time Warner: Tom Phillips, Google’s director of search and analytics, is out. No word on whether he has a new job lined up, but he apparently won’t be joining Armstong and former Googler Jeff Levick at AOL. Still, the chatter is that Armstrong will bring over more Google vets before he’s done making over his team.
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Google Still Shaking Up Sales Force: Nikesh Arora Replaces Omid Kordestani

in Media on April 16, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

Here’s the other shoe that hadn’t dropped following Tim Armstrong’s move from Google to run Time Warner’s AOL. Omid Kordestani, who was the official head of Google’s sales, has been moved aside in favor of Nikesh Arora.
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More Layoffs for Google: 200 Axed From Sales

in Media on March 26, 2009 at 12:52 pm PT

Google is laying off 200 people from its sales and marketing group, the company announced today in a blog posting. Google has some 20,000 employees, so the scale of the sackings isn’t earth-shaking news. But the fact that they come from the group that Tim Armstrong ran until he decamped for AOL is interesting.