Samsung Mobile chief product officer leaves company

October 3, 2013

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Kevin Packingham has been the chief product officer at Samsung Mobile for the past two years, but as of Tuesday, he is no longer with the company. The reason for the departure is unknown and it's unclear whether it's voluntary or not.

“Kevin Packingham has departed Samsung Mobile,” said Ashley Wimberly, a Samsung Mobile spokeswoman, in a statement. “We thank Kevin for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Kevin was instrumental in the global unveiling of the Galaxy S III and somehow convinced all the U.S. carriers to carry the phone. His argument was that Samsung was going to spend a lot of money on a major marketing campaign. He and Samsung obviously delivered on that promise and the rest is history.

As far as a replacement goes, Samsung didn't name anyone.

source: NY Times

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.