Comments on: For Freescale, It’s Beyer to the Rescue http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Freescale Needs to Divide to Conquer » STUFFLEUFAGUS http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-881068 Freescale Needs to Divide to Conquer » STUFFLEUFAGUS Fri, 30 May 2008 23:39:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-881068 [...] as Infineon, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics or even Intersil. Earlier this year, Freescale got a new CEO (from Intersil) with M&A experience, so change is certainly in the [...] [...] as Infineon, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics or even Intersil. Earlier this year, Freescale got a new CEO (from Intersil) with M&A experience, so change is certainly in the [...]

]]> By: Freescale Needs to Divide to Conquer - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-881060 Freescale Needs to Divide to Conquer - GigaOM Fri, 30 May 2008 22:26:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-881060 [...] as Infineon, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics or even Intersil. Earlier this year, Freescale got a new CEO (from Intersil) with M&A experience, so change is certainly in the [...] [...] as Infineon, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics or even Intersil. Earlier this year, Freescale got a new CEO (from Intersil) with M&A experience, so change is certainly in the [...]

]]> By: Moto’s Slow Death By RAZR Cuts - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-867442 Moto’s Slow Death By RAZR Cuts - GigaOM Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:25:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-867442 <p>[...] needed to fight it out in the tough chip industry as an independent player. Frankly, it was a mediocre business and managed to get bought out by a private equity firm a little more than two years after [...]</p> [...] needed to fight it out in the tough chip industry as an independent player. Frankly, it was a mediocre business and managed to get bought out by a private equity firm a little more than two years after [...]

]]> By: Sainath Nimmagadda http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-862713 Sainath Nimmagadda Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:19:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-862713 <p>Comments by David H. Deans are insightful.</p> Comments by David H. Deans are insightful.

]]> By: Would you give up scale for quality? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-861986 Would you give up scale for quality? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:34:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-861986 <p>[...] this excellent GigaOM piece on Freescale, I was struck by this tidbit: As the CEO of Intersil, [new Freescale CEO Richard] [...]</p> [...] this excellent GigaOM piece on Freescale, I was struck by this tidbit: As the CEO of Intersil, [new Freescale CEO Richard] [...]

]]> By: David H. Deans http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/for-freescale-its-beyer-to-the-rescue/#comment-861840 David H. Deans Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:24:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11527#comment-861840 <p>I've visited this company, and they are still too much like the legacy Motorola monolith that they were severed from in 2004.</p> <p>Talented engineers that seem to have lost their passion for the business. IMHO, replacing the CEO is the easy challenge -- when compared to replacing the company culture that really needs a major overhaul. Turning around this legacy enterprise will be a significant undertaking, for sure.</p> <p>The odds of a recovery are not in Beyer's favor -- once again, cutting jobs and replacing the custodian senior managers will be a cakewalk, when compared to the daunting task of moving the company's long-time employees beyond their comfortable status-quo (an organization remnant from the Motorola glory years).</p> I’ve visited this company, and they are still too much like the legacy Motorola monolith that they were severed from in 2004.

Talented engineers that seem to have lost their passion for the business. IMHO, replacing the CEO is the easy challenge — when compared to replacing the company culture that really needs a major overhaul. Turning around this legacy enterprise will be a significant undertaking, for sure.

The odds of a recovery are not in Beyer’s favor — once again, cutting jobs and replacing the custodian senior managers will be a cakewalk, when compared to the daunting task of moving the company’s long-time employees beyond their comfortable status-quo (an organization remnant from the Motorola glory years).

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