Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci resigns amid disagreement about company’s future direction

Acer’s board and CEO don’t seem to have been getting along too brilliantly lately and now the situation’s come to a point with the resignation of one Mr. Gianfranco Lanci from the company’s helm. In a press release just distributed, Acer points out that Lanci held different views from the majority of board members about the “importance on scale, growth, customer value creation, brand position enhancement, and on resource allocation and methods of implementation.” Following a few months of discussions that failed to deliver a consensus, both parties have decided it’s best to part ways. For now, things continue as normal with Acer’s goal still being globalization of its product portfolio, whose centerpiece will remain the personal computer, according to Chairman JT Wang . He’ll be the man to take over for Lanci while Acer seeks out a replacement for the outspoken Italian. Continue reading Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci resigns amid disagreement about company’s future direction Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci resigns amid disagreement about company’s future direction originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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