[CrackBerry News]

Hot on the heels of the appointment*announcement of John Sims as*President of Global Enterprise Services, BlackBerry has now announced two more executive hires. This time around we see*James S. Mackey appointed as*Executive Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning and*Mark Wilson appointed as*Senior Vice President of Marketing.

Jim and Mark are important appointments for BlackBerry as they bring extensive experience and add the necessary leadership and depth that will help us drive our transformation," said John Chen, Executive Chair and CEO of BlackBerry. "I have worked extensively with both of them in the past, have the utmost respect for their experience and accomplishments, and we have developed close and trusted relationships with each other that will enable us to cohesively manage the changes required to reshape BlackBerry.

John Chen seems to be wasting no time when it comes to hiring people he thinks BlackBerry needs. We'll be taking a further look at their history here in a bit but for now, you can read on through the full press release from BlackBerry below.

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I'm so excited that Chen is bringing in his own team!