NOKIA’s Chief Technology Officer Richard Green has unexpectedly taken a leave of absence and won’t return to his post in the foreseeable future.
Nokia spokeswoman Paivyt Tallqvist confirmed to Associated Press that Green took some time off “to attend to a personal matter,” but didn’t want to divulge any further details.
Although the reason for his departure is unknown, Finland’s daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat speculated that Green did not agree with Nokia’s decision to cancel plans for its Meego operating system.
The system was supposed to replace the current Symbian platform in Nokia smartphones, and also functioned as an open-source platform in co-operation with Intel.
But this isn’t the first time Nokia has garnered some unwanted attention. In February chief executive Stephen Elop restructured the entire company, pushing the Meego project to the side-lines, while opting to go with Microsoft Phone for its smartphones, instead of Symbian.
According to Associated Press “Nokia’s head of research centers, Henry Tirri, will be acting CTO during Green’s absence.”
