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BlackBerry names new Global Sales leader


WATERLOO, ON – BlackBerry said Monday that Eric Johnson is joining the company as president of its global sales division, reporting to executive chair and CEO John Chen.Johnson joins BlackBerry from SAP where he was most recently SVP and GM for global database and technology, as well as SVP and GM of platform and analytics sales for North America.  Prior to that, he held several senior roles at Sybase.“I have worked with Eric extensively and have tremendous respect for his sales expertise and customer centric approach to business”, said Chen, in the announcement.  “Our carriers, partners, distributors and enterprise customers...