By Nicole Scott
19 Apr, 2011 five:44 pm
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Acer is relocating forward with its new course by making a number of announcements these days like Jim Wong being appointed since the new Company President who is planning to lead their new Touch Company Group (Touch BG) and Personal computer Global Operations (PCGO).
Acer is seeking to make important inroads within the mobile gadget organization and reorganized the company into tablets/smartphone and its Personal computer company. Combined with the reorganization come new positions including Chief Marketing Office, Chief Technology Workplace and Operational Evaluation Workplace.
Along with the new centered business directing Acer has also forecasts an estimated 10% decline in Pc shipments in Q2 2011 which might be in line with Q1 volumes.
Big Moves By Acer, we’ll see how they play out at Computex when the organization is going to have to put on a very public face.
If you want to read the full press release here it is:
1) Acer appoints Jim Wong as Corporate President
2) Acer establishes Touch Enterprise Group to enhance development of new mobile devices
3) Acer Inc. estimates 10% decline in Q2 2011 Personal computer shipments on quarter
4) Photo of Jim Wong
5) Biography of Jim Wong
6) Organization chart
Acer appoints Jim Wong as Corporate President
Through teamwork, organization to face challenges and embrace opportunities of the brand new ICT industry
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc.’s board of directors has approved the candidacy of Jim Wong as the new Corporate President, with immediate effect. Wong previously held the positions of corporate senior vice president and president of IT Products Group (ITGO). Together with Chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang, they will lead the company forward to embrace new challenges and opportunities inside the new ICT age.
Acer Chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang, states, “For the past ten years Jim has led Acer’s world-wide IT operations, like product development and logistics. In that time he has shown outstanding leadership and made important contribution to the organization. He has also worked closely with our regional operations to thoroughly understand the needs of our advertising and channels at the front end operations. Therefore, we regard Jim as a well-qualified candidate to step into the role of Acer company president.”
Wang continues, “The presidential candidacy must fulfill company’s needs for future development, and show capability to lead the organization forward. As the ICT industry shifts from single to multiple operating system platforms, it opens up new challenges as well as new opportunities. Acer needs a leader who is familiar with technologies, as well as understands the market. We reviewed Jim’s potential and agreed he would fit well from the role.”
The rapid growth from data-creation to data-consumption devices is increasing the ICT market scale and opening up new prospects. Acer will aggressively yet cautiously develop data-consumption products, tablet PCs and smartphones based on the solid foundation of the main Pc organization.
Jim Wong
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, new corporate president of Acer states, “The IT industry is encountering a profound change. I foresee many new opportunities and am ready to face the challenges forward. I will encourage teamwork throughout the company and work closely with all the new management team. We are ready with a clear set of goals and action plans.”
In the Pc business, Acer will continue to seek volume/shipment growth, but we must optimize our multi-brand strategy by having clear differentiation of the brands’ positioning and create value for our customers. Concurrently, Acer shall focus on developing selective models for mobile devices to lay a solid foundation for the future.
Three key principles have been defined by Acer’s new management to ensure successful decision making:
Promote the spirit of teamwork to enhance company’s overall competitiveness, and encourage closer communication between front-end and back-end management teams for better mutual understanding.
Simplify operational systems and processes to boost effectiveness and speed.
Strengthen company governance and enhance firm sustainability.
Wong joined Acer in 1986, with experience in sales, product marketing, product development, with a keen understanding of ODM supplier operations and the brand business. In 2001 when he took charge of the ITGO, he has been one of the core members of Acer’s top management team. In 2005 he was promoted to corporate senior vice president.
Born in 1958, Wong holds a bachelor degree, majoring in mathematics from Soochow University in Taiwan, and an MBA from Emory University, Georgia, USA. In 1999 he received Taiwan’s 17th Annual Management of Excellency Award.
Acer establishes Touch Organization Group to enhance development of new cellular devices
– Acer Company President Jim Wong to lead Touch Organization Group
– Campbell Kan to lead Laptop International Operations
– Walter Deppeler to lead Chief Marketing Office
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc. announces organizational adjustments in separating the back-end product-line operations into two independent entities: Touch Business Group (Touch BG) and Computer Worldwide Operations (PCGO) lead by new Acer company president, Jim Wong, and Campbell Kan, former VP of the smart handheld business unit, respectively. In addition, Acer announces new functions for mid- and long-term company planning and operation evaluation.
To make significant inroads within the mobile unit business, Acer has reorganized the former IT product international operations into two independent entities. The newly founded Touch BG comprises of the former tablet Laptop and smartphone teams, while the PCGO consists of the main Personal computer product lines.
The Touch BG shall be led by new Acer company president
Office Pro 2007 Key, Jim Wong, and president of Eten Information Systems, Simon Hwang, concurrently appointed deputy president of Touch BG.
Acer president, Jim Wong, states, “Touch/mobile devices open up a host of new opportunities. They form Acer’s new enterprise and growth engine for the future. To focus on this market, we saw the need to allocate sufficient resources
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010, and devise a new management structure different from the Computer enterprise specifically for this line of business.”
New Functions
Acer also creates three new functions deemed necessary for company’s competitive development
Office 2007 Pro Key, they are: Chief Advertising and marketing Office (CMO) – responsible for brand position and marketing and advertising strategy; Chief Technological innovation Workplace (CTO) – responsible for mid to long term planning and integration of technologies; and Operation Analysis Office (OAO) – for studying and analyzing company organization models and financial affairs.
Senior corporate VP and EMEA president, Walter Deppeler, shall concurrently serve as CMO, while Tiffany Huang, AVP of supply chain operations will concurrently oversee the OAO. The CTO will be jointly led by former VP of quality and service
Office 2010 Home And Student, Jackson Lin, former CTO of products development, R.C. Chang, and former VP of technological innovation center, Arif Maskatia.
Acer Inc. estimates 10% decline in
Q2 2011 Personal computer shipments on quarter
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc. estimates its Q2 2011 Laptop shipments to decline by approximately 10% from the previous quarter.
Acer’s newly installed management team reviewed the outlook for Q2 2011 and made the assessment. Recent firm reorganization, inventory adjustment and the seasonal slow-down of the Personal computer industry in Q2 are the main factors for Acer’s decline in Pc shipments.
In terms of operating margin for Q2, Acer expects it to be similar to the previous quarter.
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