Dell mobile chief departs amid consumer restructuring

Ron Garriques, the man brought in to turn around Dell's consumer business, will be leaving the company at the end of January, Dell has announced.

Ron Garriques, head of Dell's consumer business division, will leave in January. Photo credit: Dell

Garriques, a high-profile hire from Motorola in 2007, was charged with heading a newly created consumer division at the PC maker. He was transferred to head Dell's communications products group in December. Dell released its first in a series of promised tablets, the Streak, under his watch, as well as a smartphone, the Dell Venue Pro.

Dell's consumer business is experiencing further structural changes. The recently broken-out communications unit will be integrated across the consumer and small to medium-business, enterprise and public sector divisions. A company representative said the decision was motivated by the desire to incorporate mobile devices across all the company's business units, not just its consumer business.

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