Nokia's CTO steps down for "personal reasons"

We thought he probably would've at least stuck around long enough to see the Tube get announced later this week, but Nokia CTO Bob Iannucci has announced that he's stepping down from the world's number one cellphone maker effective immediately for undisclosed "personal reasons." Though it might seem that the move leaves a gaping hole in Espoo's senior leadership, the company actually says that Bob will continue on in an advisory role while it decides whether it even needs a CTO going forward. Bob also served as head of the Nokia Research Centre -- also known as the place where you get to play with Haptikos -- where Henry Tirri, current head of the center's Systems Research group, will be taking over.

[Via mocoNews]

[Saad Rabia @ Sep 29th 2008 10:01PM]

C, T, Oh he didn't!

[Axis @ Sep 29th 2008 10:11PM]

C.T. Oh No he did! =]

[BigD145 @ Sep 29th 2008 10:08PM]

Same money, less work. Or maybe he's making more as an adviser?

[rob_lobstuhh @ Sep 29th 2008 10:31PM]

"personal reasons"


ha.

[thedesolate1 @ Sep 29th 2008 10:35PM]

Maybe he knows something we dont. Perhaps the stock market crashing in the U.S will begin to reverberate throughout the world and after a long track of winning he doesn't want to stick around at the helm for whats in store for the future. A sharp decline in sales? Oh well I still want my N85... even if its the last pre depression thing buy!

[HalfJoey @ Sep 29th 2008 10:36PM]

Maybe we can get in some new blood

[J-Rad @ Sep 29th 2008 11:43PM]

Personal reasons? He stepped down because of tampons... or the lack there of?

[Rob @ Sep 29th 2008 11:49PM]

sooooo....where do i submit my resume??

[Charbax @ Sep 30th 2008 2:09AM]

He stepped down cause Android is so much better.

[Poom @ Sep 30th 2008 3:05AM]

YAR RITE

[Harkonian @ Sep 30th 2008 12:46PM]

"...while it decides whether it even needs a CTO going forward."

Because why would a company focused on technology need a Chief Technology Officer? Pfft.