Global mobile communications provider, BlackBerry Limited has appointed Marty Beard as chief operating officer, effective immediately. As the new COO, Beard is responsible for cross-functional organisations, including marketing, BlackBerry 10 application development, customer care and quality.
Most recently, Beard was chairman and CEO of LiveOps, a provider of cloud applications for customer service. Prior to joining LiveOps, Beard was president of Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, a mobile messaging and mobile commerce services unit, and held a series of executive positions including SVP of marketing. Prior to Sybase, Beard worked at Oracle as vice president of Oracle Online, its e-commerce service unit.
