Blackberry is taking a step in the right direction by hiring former Sybase CEO John Chen to help rebuild Blackberry, reports The Globe and Mail.

It adds Chen—who’s been named executive chair of the BlackBerry board and interim CEO—is right for the job because he “rose from modest beginnings to become a successful Silicon Valley senior executive, an accomplished turnaround artist, and a director of major Fortune 500 boards.”

Read more on how he may be able to give Blackberry the “radical reboot” it needs.

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