Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 24, 2001

James Balsillie – Research In Motion (rimm)

JAMES L. BALSILLIE is Chairman and co-CEO of Research In Motion Limited. Prior to joining RIM, Mr. Balsillie was Executive Vice President and Director of Sutherland-Schultz Limited. Previously, Mr. Balsillie held Senior positions with Prudential-Bache Securities in New York, and the Strategy Consulting Group of Ernst and Young in Toronto. He holds a Bachelor's degree (Honors, Economics) from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, a Chartered Accountant designation from the Ontario and Canadian Institutes of Chartered Accountants and an MBA from Harvard University. He serves on the Board of Directors for Communitech, Wilfrid Laurier University and Descartes Systems Group. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch and overview of

Research in Motion?

Mr. Balsillie: Research in Motion is a company focused 100% on the

enterprise wireless or wireless data