Stephen Elop

Stephen Elop
Elop in 2008
Born (1963-12-31) 31 December 1963 (age 60)
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Alma materMcMaster University
Spouse
Nancy Elop
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(m. 1987; div. 2014)​
Children5

Stephen Elop (born 31 December 1963) is a Canadian businessman who most recently worked at Australian telecom company Telstra from April 2016.[1] In the past he had worked for Nokia as its first non-Finnish CEO[2][3] and later as Executive Vice President, Devices & Services, as well as the head of the Microsoft Business Division, as the COO of Juniper Networks, as the president of worldwide field operations at Adobe Systems, in several senior positions in Macromedia and as the CIO at Boston Chicken.[4]

He is best known for his ill-fated tenure as Nokia CEO from 2010 to 2014, which included controversies such as the "burning platform" memo and the company's partnership with Microsoft, resulting in the move to Windows Phone software exclusivity. He was criticised for some of his decisions, which resulted in the company suffering massive losses both financially and in market share.[5] As then head of the Microsoft Devices Group, Elop was in charge of Microsoft's varied product offerings including Lumia phones, Surface Pro 3, and Xbox One.[6] Since January 2016 he has had a role as Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence within McMaster University's Faculty of Engineering, where he originally studied in the 1980s.[7]

  1. ^ "Stephen Elop Joins Telstra After Nokia, Microsoft Turmoil". Bloomberg.com. 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Nokian Kallasvuo sai potkut, seuraaja Microsoftilta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 10 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Nokian toimitusjohtaja vaihtuu". Kauppalehti (in Finnish). 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference profile-linkedin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Oliko Stephen Elop vain Microsoftin myyrä? - Microsoftin Nokia-kauppa - Talous - Helsingin Sanomat". Archived from the original on 9 September 2013.
  6. ^ Nicole Lee (10 September 2014). "Stephen Elop wants to put the 'entirety of the Microsoft experience' in your hands". Engadget. AOL.
  7. ^ Monique Beech (26 January 2016). "Tech sector veteran Stephen Elop assumes new advisory role at McMaster".