HP has lost its technical director of PC unit
Phil McKinney (Phil McKinney), technical director of PC units in the Hewlett-Packard, said Monday that he intends to leave the company after nearly 10 years of service in it. Reasons for the decision of the person responsible for strategic planning and development of HP in PCs is not known, but it joins a list of high-level management, which have recently considered the best to leave the company.
With this in his blog titled “Goodbye, HP», he wrote that his departure from the cases is not traditional. He does not plan to spend their days playing golf or sit around the house. Mr. McKinney said that he had too much enthusiasm, energy and ideas to go into the background, but he wants to retire to get the freedom to write, speak, lead, advise and teach, without looking at the limitations of the traditional corporate structure.
Helping to improve the culture of innovation in HP’s Phil McKinney was part of teams that have submitted products such as personal computers Blackbird, Firebird, Envy 133 video resources Gabble, webOS-application Twynergy, streaming stereoscopic technology Pluribus, the concept of a giant touch screen Vantage TouchWall, PC DreamScreen piece based on Linux and more. Learn more about .
“My passion – helping innovators bring more interesting innovations, and I spent a significant part of the past dozen years, carrying out this mission. … So what will I do after HP? However, what I did and HP – to help others to bring innovation. … I would love to again take a seat on the board of directors, to serve as a consultant and mentor, after not going to worry about conflicts of interest and other corporate restrictions, “- he added. Learn more about just now!
Although the market has welcomed the decision not to provide HP PC division into a separate company, it seems, the leaders of this department did not fully agree with the new rules of the game. Although at present it is difficult to say anything, it seems that HP wants to convert their PC division in consumer products, relies heavily on external innovation. It seems that the company does not want to breakthroughs in this market, but wants to concentrate its efforts in areas such as the corporate market, data centers and cloud services.
Phil McKinney, HP has asked to remain in the company during the transition period. As expected, the last day of his work at HP will be 31 December of the year.