executives

Former HP printing exec indicted

A former vice president of Hewlett-Packard's printing division has been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly sharing with HP confidential information from his previous employer.

First reported by Wired, the indictment was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. As director of sales and business development in IBM's printing division in March 2006, Atul Malhotra allegedly requested confidential information about IBM pricing. Just two months later, Malhotra took the position of vice president of HP's printing division.

In the indictment, prosecutors say Malhotra e-mailed the IBM information, marked "confidential," to an … Read more

Yahoo to lose network exec Jeff Weiner?

Update 4:26 p.m. PDT: I added a link to TechCrunch coverage. Update 12:39 p.m. PDT: I added the Yahoo response.

Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's Network Division, could be leaving the company, All Things D blogger Kara Swisher suggested late Tuesday.

An internal Yahoo announcement could come Wednesday, Swisher said on her blog, but it may not address Weiner's fate. People Swisher has spoken to "do not expect him to stay long, even leaving within the next few weeks, pointing to the continued uncertainty at the company and also, I would … Read more

Dysfunctional executive watch

Here's the first installment of Train Wreck's first recurring post: Dysfunctional Executive Watch. It'll show up whenever there's enough material. Enjoy the lunacy, and let us know if you've got something to report.

You've got fraud On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against eight former executives of AOL Time Warner for fraudulently inflating online advertising revenue by more than $1 billion. Four of the executives agreed to pay millions in fines and return ill-gotten gains. Charges against the other four, including former CFO John Michael Kelly, are still pending.

The company had previously agreed to fork over $500 million to settle civil and criminal charges brought by the SEC and the Justice Department.… Read more

Motorola's strategy and technology chief quits

The latest executive to leave Motorola: Rich Nottenburg, chief strategy and technology officer.

The doors of the cell phone maker's executive offices seem to have been revolving nonstop since activist investor Carl Icahn, who took a leading role in the Microsoft-Yahoo merger fracas late this week, began his successful pursuit of Motorola board seats.

Nottenburg's departure, announced on Thursday to employees in an internal memo, according to Motorola spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson, follows the replacements of CEO Ed Zander in January, acting CFO Tom Meredith in February, and mobile-devices head Stu Reed and marketing head Casey Keller in March, … Read more

Microsoft loses another ad executive

Microsoft confirmed on Monday that the general manager of its in-game advertising unit is leaving to become chief operating officer at The Knot, a wedding-related Web site.

Carol Koh Evans, a former investment banker, worked at The Knot before joining Microsoft several years ago. At Microsoft, she worked in corporate development before taking over the Massive unit, following its 2006 acquisition by Microsoft.

Evans is the latest departure from Microsoft's advertising ranks. In March, MSN ad sales executive Joanne Bradford announced she was leaving for a post at Spot Runner.

Also slated to depart the company is Steven Berkowitz, … Read more

As Facebook goes corporate, Mark Zuckerberg loses an early player

It's kind of like this: an indie rock band gets signed to a major label, and after a taste of the high life, the bassist jumps ship.

On Sunday, word got out that Adam D'Angelo, chief technology officer at Facebook and a friend of founder Mark Zuckerberg since high school, had submitted his resignation on Friday. D'Angelo had been one of Facebook's first employees, though he did not have formal "co-founder" status.

Reports swirled that he was at odds with Zuckerberg, or that he was no longer interested in the position; whatever the reason, … Read more

Top-shelf Googler heads to Facebook

Another prominent Google employee has jumped ship to Facebook.

Elliot Schrage, vice president of global communications and public affairs at Google, has been hired in a similar role at the fast-growing social network, reports Kara Swisher of All Things Digital.

Schrage's role at both companies, founded in a legal rather than marketing background, involves dealing with D.C. lobbyists and policymakers in addition to the press. His move to Facebook follows Sheryl Sandberg, who became chief operating officer at Facebook after a stint as vice president of global sales at Google. Schrage will report to Sandberg, Swisher writes, but … Read more

Ellison tops tech exec salary list

Congratulations, Larry Ellison, you're No. 1!

Forbes, as it does every year, has released its list of top executive salaries. In the overall list as well as the technology category, Ellison, the Oracle chief exec and billionaire yachtsman, was tops with total 2007 compensation at $192.9 million.

It's another big win for Ellison, who recently won a $3 million tax break on his $200 million estate in swanky Woodside, Calif. Ellison's lawyers successfully argued that the house suffered from "significant functional obsolescence" because it turns out there's a limited market for 23-acre estates … Read more

Open source executive moves: Red Hat, Bitrock, and more

People have been changing places within the open-source ranks of late, and I figured I'd note a few that have recently come to my attention:

Charlie Martin, once of Ximian (Novell) and then MuleSource, has landed at Red Hat as Western Regional Sales Manager. Well done, mi amigo! Erica Brescia was recently named CEO at Bitrock, an upgrade on her former role as vice president of Business Development. Yes, I did try to hire her once. And yes, she did reject me :-) ; Martin Musierowicz became vice president of Alliances at Alfresco, changing from his previous role as senior … Read more