Motorola CTO Richard Nottenburg takes off

Seriously though, how many are surprised to hear that Motorola's Chief Technology / Strategy Officer Richard Nottenburg is jumping off the sinking ship? Apparently dude "left to return to the New York area to be with his family and pursue other opportunities," which is code for a) he was passed over for CEO of the new mobile devices company, b) he was fired, or c) he finally wised up to the direction the company's taken. Either way, we can't really blame him.

[craig#2 @ May 17th 2008 5:32AM]

oh wow who cares

[gad get @ May 17th 2008 5:34AM]

Those involved.

[v3xx @ May 17th 2008 5:39AM]

i bet he doesn't use a razr/rizr/slvr/shitzor.

[Esat Dedezade @ May 17th 2008 6:21AM]

clvr

[KC @ May 17th 2008 6:42AM]

Maybe as former Chief TECHNOLOGY officer we can blame him just a little for the turn Motorola has taken seeing as how they are a technology company and all, and it is their technology that has not progressed in about 4 years...

Maybe this guy's departure is a sign that the rest of Moto has started to wise up to reality and they are casting off dead weight to keep the ship afloat.

[chainstay @ May 17th 2008 10:24AM]

The CTO you need to blame is Padmasree Warrior, one of the most useless, incompetent people on the planet, and a major league sycophant. This guy Nottenburg was just one of the deck-chair shufflers on the sinking ship.

[FordGTGuy @ May 17th 2008 9:29AM]

I like my Motorola Q9C i've been impressed by the apps WM6 allows me to run from Orb media streaming to Opera Mini 4. I can even download videos straight from youtube.com to my phone. I also have the ability to put up to a 32 GB miniSDHC card into the phone(currently using a 4GB(only paid $16 for)). It might not be the greatest phone but it would outshine my brothers iPhone if his wasn't jailbroken.

[Dolemite @ May 17th 2008 9:52AM]

Hey Ryan, when you become the CEO of Motorola, that is just one more position you are going to have to fill. Please keep me in mind. Thanks.

[buttabean @ May 17th 2008 10:32AM]

dolemite nice carmageddon icon :)

[Dolemite @ May 17th 2008 10:35AM]

Hehe, thanks!

It's what I look like on the inside.

[Steffen Jobbs @ May 17th 2008 12:55PM]

Probably what you look like on the outside, too. Not that it's a bad thing. Chicks go for evil guys with long snake tongues.

[Rainier @ May 17th 2008 1:02PM]

He kinda looks like the guy who stole Pee-Wee Herman's bike.

[WS @ May 17th 2008 2:31PM]

Ryan Block: You don't blame him for being fired? Um, okay...

[Ryan Block @ May 18th 2008 12:38PM]

Yep. Does working at Motorola seem like particularly stable gig to you?

[celerysword @ May 17th 2008 4:13PM]

Richard Nottenburg gone. Well, there goes Motorola's eye candy.