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<html> <head> <title>Motorola</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/company/237/000058063/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Motorola COMPANY Electronics company, founded in 1928 by Paul V. Galvin as "Galvin Manufacturing Corporation", later changed to Motorola -- the name a contraction of "Motor" + "Victrola." Official Website: <a href="http://www.motorola.com/">http://www.motorola.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/449/000124077/">Electronic Components</a> Ticker: NYSE:MOT Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/632/000124260/" class=proflink>Schaumburg, IL</a> Sales: $36.8B (2005) Employees: 69,000 EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/192/000164697/">Keith J. Bane</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former EVP Global Stategy, Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000129026/">Robert L. Barnett</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at Motorola, 2003-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/539/000031446/">Ed Breen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Tyco</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000169031/">Gregory Q. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000171239/">Jocelyn Carter-Miller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of TechEdVentures</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000168828/">Timothy Y. Chen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Microsoft CEO Greater China Region</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000171352/">David W. Devonshire</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Motorola, 2002-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000168750/">Michael R. Farese</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000126819/">George M. C. Fisher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000163731/">Christopher B. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000165599/">Robert W. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1959-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000168206/">Maureen E. Girkins</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Zondervan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000275593/">Sanjay Jha</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola Mobility</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000170651/">Barry C. Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Villanova Dean of Engineering, 2002-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000168208/">John E. Major</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Novatel Wireless, 2000-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/749/000173230/">Patricia B. Morrison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CIO of Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000118437/">Indra Nooyi</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of PepsiCo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000169527/">James A. Norling</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at Mororola, 1998-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000165307/">Hector Ruiz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Advanced Micro Devices</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/350/000164855/">Gerhard Schulmeyer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Siemens US, 1999-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000128794/">Steven J. Strobel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Senior VP at Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000127607/">Gary L. Tooker</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Motorola, 1996-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000168530/">Morton L. Topfer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Dell, 1994-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/697/000127316/">Padmasree Warrior</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CTO of Cisco</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000175186/">Phoebe A. Wood</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Brown-Forman, 2001-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000128167/">Mike S. Zafirovski</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Nortel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/620/000125245/">Edward J. Zander</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 2004-07</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000169031/">Gregory Q. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000127941/">David W. Dorman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of AT&T, 2002-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/697/000128313/">Judy C. Lewent</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Merck</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/709/000128325/">Thomas J. Meredith</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Dell, 1992-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000093691/">Nicholas Negroponte</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder, MIT Media Lab</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000126458/">Samuel C. Scott III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Corn Products</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000128327/">Ron Sommer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000128328/">James R. Stengel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Procter & Gamble executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000169982/">Anthony J. Vinciquerra</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Fox Networks Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000126800/">Douglas A. Warner III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JP Morgan, 1995-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000128326/">John A. White</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chancellor, University of Arkansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/641/000125266/">Miles D. White</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Abbott Laboratories</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000165600/">Erich Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Director of NSF, 1984-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000126819/">George M. C. Fisher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000127429/">H. Laurance Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Amoco, 1991-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000163731/">Christopher B. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000165599/">Robert W. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1959-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000275593/">Sanjay Jha</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola Mobility</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/960/000060780/">Walter E. Massey</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Morehouse College president, physicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000118437/">Indra Nooyi</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of PepsiCo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000161449/">John E. Pepper, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Disney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000127607/">Gary L. Tooker</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Motorola, 1996-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000128167/">Mike S. Zafirovski</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Nortel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/620/000125245/">Edward J. Zander</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 2004-07</td> </tr> </table> NOTABLE EMPLOYEES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000164099/">William D. Mensch</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Designer, 6502 microprocessor</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000086765/">Melissa Bean</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Illinois, 2005-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000123948/">Larry Carter</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Cisco, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000168826/">Richard S. Hill</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Novellus Systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000128709/">Dennis J. Keller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>DeVry Institute of Technology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000042545/">Timothy Koogle</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000168624/">Gregorio Reyes</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Sunward Technologies, 1985-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/207/000044075/">Fred Saberhagen</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-2007</tt></td> <td>Berserker series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000123426/">Susan Schwab</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Trade Representative</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000178429/">Cheryl L. Shavers</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Under Secy. Commerce for Technology, 1999-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/544/000128160/">Danny J. Windham</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Digium</td> </tr> </table> CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000024210/">David Beckham</a></td> <td><center>Soccer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Los Angeles Galaxy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/603/000264808/">Jay Chou</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Taiwanese popstar, Kato in The Green Hornet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000026308/">Carson Daly</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>MTV Total Request Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000159478/">Chad Ochocinco</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NFL wide receiver</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000085960/">Ann Sheridan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1967</tt></td> <td>Torrid Zone</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=58063" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/208/000001205/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/208/1205/s1205.jpg" width=128> Web Applications Circle</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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