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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (23911)	7/29/2001 9:45:30 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 29986

Text of BusinessWeek piece on Motorola (continued). We are making available to the company, and the long-term succession of the institution, a short list of people of which Ed is certainly a member." Now Breen oversees not only the broadband-cable unit but also Motorola's entire network-systems business. His cut-to-the-chase style is a refreshing break from Motorola's bureaucratic culture. During a quarterly operations review in which wireless execs set forecasts for phones and options for plant expansions, Breen was quickly bored by what seemed like endless debate over a frivolous matter, executives in the meeting recall. Whenever discussion lingered, "his eyes opened wide, he looked around and said, `For Christ's sake, why don't we make a decision? We don't have to talk it to death,"' Wapole remembers. "It became very obvious to folks that Breen's sort of leadership and decision-making is what Motorola needs." The idea of tacking Breen's name on the CEO's office is being whispered more and more around the company's water coolers. And what of Galvin? If he kicked himself up to chairman and "backed off on assuming sole leadership, he'd be revered," says one former manager. Galvin has no plan to do that. "My interest is not to be popular, but to lead," he says. Galvin doesn't intend to be Corporate America's Hamlet. He plans to turn forceful, decisive, ruthless even. That's what it may take to put the sheen back on Granddad's legacy. By Roger O. Crockett Copyright 2001, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (23911)	7/29/2001 9:52:17 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 29986

Insiders say what the company needs now is a hyperaggressive leader who can break down Motorola's bureaucratic ways and get innovation popping again. Does this sound like Sulpizio to anybody else? It would be an intriguing fit for him....a lot better than Lucent. Slacker

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (23911)	7/29/2001 10:42:33 AM
From: tb98	Respond to of 29986

The plot thickens....LOL "Frank Wapole, who was Galvin's boss in the two-way radio business and later a cellular executive before he retired. All the while, Gilmore--then head of Motorola's Communications Enterprise division--Wapole, and other top wireless execs tried to counsel Galvin to cut his losses and bail out of Iridium." This is REALLY interesting to me - as Frank Wapole's son, Eric, was my regional sales manager at Motorola's Iridium division - and one of the original Iridium salespeople before the direct sales division was hired.