HTC's
chief operating officer has stepped down in the middle of a management
restructuring intended to improve product quality and supply chains,
following delays in the launch of the Taiwanese firm's flagship new
phone.
Matthew Costello became an executive
advisor from Europe effective on June 1, according to an email from HTC
president of engineering and operations Fred Liu to employees. Liu took
up the operating responsibilities with Costello's departure.
Costello's
move adds to a stream of top executives who have left or taken back
seats as the former US market leader in Android smartphones struggles to
stem a slide in sales against competitors like Apple and Samsung
Electronics.
As part of the reorganisation,
HTC has set up a new product quality assurance division and product
management team to ensure its smartphones and other gadgets are up to
scratch, Liu said in the email that was sent on Friday and obtained by
Reuters.
The Taoyuan-based company did not
comment on the management changes but said in a statement that it "had
to change when it was right for the business."
Delays
in the full launch of the flagship HTC One phone due to a shortage of a
camera component earlier this year led the company to report a
record-low net first-quarter profit.
HTC has
seen a wave of executive departures, including chief product officer
Kouji Kodera, president of South Asia Lennard Hoornik and vice president
of Global Communications Jason Gordon.
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