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Here in the U.S., the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows phone has sold better than Nokia expected, but significant profit loss elsewhere has led to some vocal — and colorful — opinions from a former Nokia executive.
Speaking exclusively to CNET UK, Lee Williams, who served as Nokia’s senior vice president of Symbian Series 60 OS from 2006 to 2009, paints a portrait of Nokia CEO Stephen Elop as a cost-slashing leader who lacks long-term vision.
Williams goes even further to accuse Elop of sacrificing Nokia’s fat and healthy cash cow — Symbian — for the chance at “US cultural magic,” at the expense of the company’s Finnish identity.
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In one tidbit:
“Elop is operating like a CFO [chief financial officer] — CFOs are very practical, always looking at costs, always internally focused…I don’t think he’s really projecting anything forward or sitting around with his team imaging what the future looks like. I think it’s ‘s**t how do I get rid of a third of this overhead in R&D?.'”
You can read the full interview at CNET UK.
