Christopher Galvin
Christopher B. Galvin | |
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Born | March 21, 1950 |
Alma mater | Motorola, Inc. |
Spouse | Cindy |
Children | 2 |
Christopher B. Galvin (born March 21, 1950) is an American businessman. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola from 1997 to 2003.
Early life
Christopher Galvin is the grandson of Paul Galvin, the founder of Motorola, and the son of Robert Galvin, who served as CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1990. He received his BS in political science from Northwestern University and his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.[1]
Career
From 1967 to 1973, during college, Galvin held part-time summer assignments at Motorola. From 1973 to 1983, he served full-time positions in sales, sales management, marketing management and mobile
Following the dot-com crash in 2000, he led a massive three-year restructuring of Motorola that included large lay-offs, closure of manufacturing facilities and reducing break-even costs.
On September 19, 2003, the board of directors announced publicly it would seek another CEO.[6] Galvin stated his objection to the board's view of Galvin's turnaround efforts, and stated, "The Board and I do not share the same view of the pace, strategy and progress at this stage of the turnaround.”[7] Galvin resigned on January 4, 2004.[8]
After departing Motorola, Galvin served as chairman of the board of Navteq Inc. (2004–2008), and then of Cleversafe Inc.[9]
References
- ^ "Galvin Foundation Makes $6 Million Gift to Northwestern - Northwestern Now". Northwestern.edu. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ Joseph B. Cahill (1997-05-17). "DOES THE KID HAVE IT? MOTOROLA'S CHRIS GALVIN | Chicago Business & Financial News & Analysis". Chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ a b Motorola Inc. Press Releases 2000-2003
- ^ Motorola Inc. Press Release July 27, 2004 Introducing the Motorola RAZR V3 Source
- Bizjournals.
- ^ Motorola Inc. News Releases, Q3 2003 September 19, 2003 Motorola Announces Chris Galvin’s Decision to Retire as Chairman and CEO
- ^ Kevin Maney; USA TODAY; September 22, 2003 Motorola expected to seek outsider; Harsh words follow CEO's resignation
- PRNewswire. December 16, 2003.
- ^ "IBM Paid $1.3 Billion to Acquire Cleversafe in Hybrid-Cloud Push". Bloomberg. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2020-04-02.