Thorsten Heins has replaced as Mike Lazaridis and James Balsillie as RIM’s new CEO.
Mike and Balsillie have stepped down from their joint co-CEO positions but remain on the board as vice chairman and director of the board with Barbara Stymiest as the new chairwoman of the company.
Thorsten Heins seemed about the company’s success and said the previous CEO’s took the company to “total new heights” and if the company continues to do well he hopes to make it to top three in the industry. Heins also said he was very excited about the new BlackBerry 10 platform which should be out by the end of the year.