Research In Motion is adding new management with the addition of Kristian Tear as chief operating officer and Frank Boulben as chief marketing officer. Tear comes from Sony Mobile, where he was executive VP. He previously held a variety of operational leadership positions with Ericsson in Europe, Asia and Latin America. At RIM, he will oversee all operational functions for handhelds and services, including research and development, products, global sales, manufacturing and supply chain. Boulben is the former executive VP for strategy, marketing and sales at LightSquared. Prior to that he worked as global director of commercial strategy for Vodafone Group and executive VP of Brand and Consumer Marketing for Orange Group.
