Incoming BlackBerry (BBRY) COO Sees Company Proving 'A Lot of People Wrong'

BlackBerry's (Nasdaq: BBRY) new COO, Marty Beard, is already talking the company up as it looks to regain dominance in consumer and enterprise mobile

Beard, who joined BlackBerry on July 21st, spoke during a media event on Tuesday. The executive fielded many questions and the WSJ reported that he was asked whether or not it was a risk to join BlackBerry, a company that has recent struggled. Beard responded:

No. I have extremely high confidence we will meet the operational goals. Let’s say you join a company at the top of mountain, and all you try to do is stay at the top of the mountain. They’re are risks associated with that. Staying at the top is not a no-brainer. Over the last five to 10 years, we’ve seen incredible whipsaws in mobility. There will be more [market leader changes] and we can’t predict exactly which ones there will be. So there is risk in transforming yourself, but there is also a huge opportunity in the direction we’re going. I love when people think something is done or that you’ve lost A, B, or C. I’m very competitive so I love that challenge. I think that we’re going to prove a lot of people wrong.

BlackBerry is up over 1 percent Wednesday.

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