Big Moves By Acer

By Nicole Scott
19 Apr Purchase Office 2010, 2011 5:44 pm

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Acer is relocating in advance with its new route by making a number of announcements right now such as Jim Wong becoming appointed as the new Company President who is gonna lead their new Touch Company Group (Touch BG) and Personal computer World-wide Operations (PCGO).
Acer is trying to make considerable inroads inside the cellular system business and reorganized the organization into tablets/smartphone and its Computer enterprise. Combined with the reorganization arrive new positions such as Chief Advertising Workplace, Chief Technological innovation Office and Operational Analysis Office.
Along with all the new focused company directing Acer has also forecasts an believed 10% decline in Pc shipments in Q2 2011 which can be in keeping with Q1 volumes.
Big Moves By Acer, we’ll see how they play out at Computex when the company will have to put on a very public face.
If you want to read the full press release here it is:
1) Acer appoints Jim Wong as Corporate President
2) Acer establishes Touch Organization Group to enhance development of new cellular devices
3) Acer Inc. estimates 10% decline in Q2 2011 Personal computer shipments on quarter
4) Photo of Jim Wong
5) Biography of Jim Wong
6) Organization chart
Acer appoints Jim Wong as Company President
Through teamwork, firm to face challenges and embrace opportunities of the brand new ICT industry
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc.’s board of directors has approved the candidacy of Jim Wong because the new Corporate President, with immediate effect. Wong previously held the positions of company senior vice president and president of IT Products Group (ITGO). Together with Chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang, they will lead the company forward to embrace new challenges and opportunities in the new ICT age.
Acer Chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang, states, “For the past ten years Jim has led Acer’s global IT operations, like product development and logistics. In that time he has shown outstanding leadership and made important contribution to the organization. He has also worked closely with our regional operations to thoroughly understand the needs of our marketing and channels at the front end operations. Therefore, we regard Jim as a well-qualified candidate to step into the role of Acer corporate president.”
Wang continues, “The presidential candidacy must fulfill company’s needs for future development, and show capability to lead the organization forward. Because the ICT industry shifts from single to multiple operating system platforms, it opens up new challenges as well as new opportunities. Acer needs a leader that is familiar with technology, as well as understands the market. We reviewed Jim’s potential and agreed he would fit well in the role.”
The rapid growth from data-creation to data-consumption devices is increasing the ICT market scale and opening up new prospects. Acer will aggressively yet cautiously develop data-consumption products, tablet PCs and smartphones based on the solid foundation of the main Personal computer organization.
Jim Wong, new company president of Acer states, “The IT industry is encountering a profound change. I foresee many new opportunities and am ready to face the challenges in advance. I will encourage teamwork throughout the organization and work closely using the new management team. We are ready with a clear set of goals and action plans.”
In the Pc business Office 2010 Standard, Acer will continue to seek volume/shipment growth, but we must optimize our multi-brand strategy by having clear differentiation of the brands’ positioning and create value for our customers. Concurrently, Acer shall focus on developing selective models for cellular devices to lay a solid foundation for the future.
Three key principles have been defined by Acer’s new management to ensure successful decision making:
Promote the spirit of teamwork to enhance company’s overall competitiveness, and encourage closer communication between front-end and back-end management teams for better mutual understanding.
Simplify operational systems and processes to boost effectiveness and speed.
Strengthen company governance and enhance business sustainability.
Wong joined Acer in 1986, with experience in sales, product advertising, product development, with a keen understanding of ODM supplier operations and the brand organization. In 2001 when he took charge of the ITGO, he has been one of the core members of Acer’s top management team. In 2005 he was promoted to corporate senior vice president.
Born in 1958, Wong holds a bachelor degree, majoring in mathematics from Soochow University in Taiwan, and an MBA from Emory University, Georgia, USA. In 1999 he received Taiwan’s 17th Annual Management of Excellency Award.
Acer establishes Touch Organization Group to enhance development of new cellular devices
– Acer Corporate President Jim Wong to lead Touch Company Group
– Campbell Kan to lead Personal computer Global Operations
– Walter Deppeler to lead Chief Marketing Office
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc. announces organizational adjustments in separating the back-end product-line operations into two independent entities: Touch Enterprise Group (Touch BG) and Personal computer Global Operations (PCGO) lead by new Acer company president, Jim Wong, and Campbell Kan, former VP of the smart handheld enterprise unit, respectively. In addition, Acer announces new functions for mid- and long-term enterprise planning and operation analysis.
To make substantial inroads from the mobile system company, Acer has reorganized the former IT product world-wide operations into two independent entities. The newly founded Touch BG comprises of the former tablet Computer and smartphone teams, while the PCGO consists of the main Personal computer product lines.
The Touch BG shall be led by new Acer corporate president, Jim Wong, and president of Eten Information Systems, Simon Hwang, concurrently appointed deputy president of Touch BG.
Acer president Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus, Jim Wong, states, “Touch/mobile devices open up a host of new opportunities. They form Acer’s new enterprise and growth engine for the future. To focus on this market Office 2010 Key, we saw the need to allocate sufficient resources, and devise a new management structure different from the Computer business specifically for this line of organization.”
New Functions
Acer also creates three new functions deemed necessary for company’s competitive development, they are: Chief Advertising Office (CMO) – responsible for brand position and marketing and advertising strategy; Chief Technologies Office (CTO) – responsible for mid to long term planning and integration of technologies; and Operation Evaluation Workplace (OAO) – for studying and analyzing firm company models and financial affairs.
Senior company VP and EMEA president, Walter Deppeler, shall concurrently serve as CMO, while Tiffany Huang, AVP of supply chain operations will concurrently oversee the OAO. The CTO will be jointly led by former VP of quality and service, Jackson Lin, former CTO of products development, R.C. Chang, and former VP of technology center, Arif Maskatia.
Acer Inc. estimates 10% decline in
Q2 2011 Pc shipments on quarter
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (April 19, 2011) – Acer Inc. estimates its Q2 2011 Laptop shipments to decline by approximately 10% from the previous quarter.
Acer’s newly installed management team reviewed the outlook for Q2 2011 and made the assessment. Recent organization reorganization Windows 7 32bit, inventory adjustment and the seasonal slow-down of the Laptop industry in Q2 are the main factors for Acer’s decline in Pc shipments.
In terms of operating margin for Q2, Acer expects it to be similar to the previous quarter.