BlackBerry Appoints Ron Louks President, Devices And Emerging Solutions

(RTTNews) - Struggling Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY, BB.TO) announced Monday that Ron Louks will join the company as President, Devices and Emerging Solutions reporting to BlackBerry's Executive Chair and CEO, John Chen.

Chen said,"Ron will focus on BlackBerry's long-term product roadmap, including hardware, software and design, as well as the Company's joint development efforts. A good deal of Ron's time will be spent with customers, carriers and partners. On our path to return BlackBerry to profitability, nothing is more important than remaining deeply connected to our customers, and designing and delivering secure products that exceed their expectations."

Ron Louks joins BlackBerry from The OpenNMS Group, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer. Before that, Ron held many leadership positions over several decades in the technology industry, including as the Chief Strategy Officer of HTC America Inc. and the Chief Technology Officer at Sony Ericsson.