Former Apple Exec Mark Papermaster Snapped Up by Cisco [Apple]

Where on the earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Sorry, I mean Mark Papermaster -after you have booted from his cushy role heading up the iPhone hardware team at Apple, we’ve not heard of him for over three months.

News emerged over the weekend that Cisco Systems has hired Papermaster as their new Vp, in spite of everything that nonsense surrounded his departure, claiming he got let go due to antennagate. In keeping with the WSJ in August, it was actually as a result of him losing ” the boldness of Mr. Jobs months ago,” and an absence of ” the kind of creative thinking expected at Apple and [he] wasn’t used to Apple’s corporate culture, where even senior executives are expected to stick with it top of the smallest details of their areas of responsibility and frequently should handle many tasks directly, instead of delegating them.”

Considering the 25 years he spent pushing paper at IBM Corp, I’m sure he’ll fit in well at Cisco. [ Reuters ]

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