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"HTC has confirmed that Lennard Hoornik, CEO of HTC Asia, has left the company to pursue \u201Cother interests\u201D. The high-profile departure follows a similar exit by Jason Gordon, Vice President of Global Communications and reportedly Chief Product Officer Kouji Kodera,\u00A0among others.\r\n\r\n\u201CHTC can confirm that Lennard Hoornik has left HTC,\u201D a statement sent to Engadget reads. \u201CWe appreciate his contributions to our South Asia efforts over the past year and wish him all the best. HTC's CFO, Chialin Chang will provide interim leadership in this strategic region while we work to find a permanent solution.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nGordon announced his departure on Twitter earlier this week, explaining that his last day was in fact May 17. \u201CAfter nearly seven years at HTC, my last day was Friday,\u201D he tweeted. \u201CI\u2019ve worked with some amazing people and I\u2019m incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished.\u201D\r\n\r\nHTC is in a vulnerable state right now after launching two key products; the HTC One, its new flagship Android device that will compete with the Samsung Galaxy S4 over the next 12 months, as well as the HTC First, the only smartphone to come pre-installed with Facebook Home.\r\n\r\nThe Verge is reporting that Kodera also left the Taiwanese tablet and smartphone manufacturer last week. To have such high-profile employees is cause for concern on its own, but it follows a turbulent few months where Rebecca Rowland, Global Retail Marketing Manager, John Starkweather, Director of Digital Marketing and Eric Lin, Product Strategy Manager have also moved on to pastures new.\r\nTo all my friends still at @htc - just quit. leave now. it\u2019s tough to do, but you\u2019ll be so much happier, I swear.\r\n\r\n\u2014 eric L (@ericlin) May 20, 2013\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\nCompany morale is likely being affected by flagging revenue; the company reported net income after tax of $2.88 million for the first quarter of 2013, on top of $1.45 billion in total sales. Final quarter performance for 2012 was equally concerning.\r\n\r\nHTC is also set to abando HTC Watch, its mobile movie rental and purchase service, in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden by the end of the month.\r\n\r\nThe firm is looking to refresh its image at the moment and perhaps these departures area reflection of that. Regardless, we\u2019ve contacted HTC to find out why Kodera left the company and whether this is all part of a larger restructuring."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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