Exclusive: Yahoo's Head of Mobile, North America Leaves, as U.S. Unit Reorgs
Today in Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said tersely of a flood of exec departures at the Silicon Valley Internet giant:
“Some people leave, some get promoted and some good people arrive.”
Yes, indeedy, and this afternoon, it was David Katz’s turn to say goodbye. He was Yahoo’s VP for Mobile, North America. (He is pictured here, and you can read his bio here.)
The move, said sources, is part of a reorganization in the wake of the departure of David Ko, SVP Audience of Mobile and Local, North America.
He was replaced by Raymond Stern, who also heads business development.
If it seems a little confusing, it is because it is.
But there are all kinds of management rejiggering discussions going on after the additional departures of U.S. head Hilary Schneider and Media VP Jimmy Pitaro.
Mobile is an important arena for Yahoo, as Bartz also stressed in the call today.
Let’s hope Dave lands somewhere good, as he seems so nice from this recent video from the CTIA conference just two weeks ago, posted by Yahoo:
