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MIKE S. ZAFIROVSKI
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Motorola, Inc.
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Mike Zafirovski is president and chief operating officer of Motorola, Inc. a position he has held since July, 2002. He and Ed Zander, chairman and chief executive officer, compose the two-person office of the chairman that leads Motorola.
Mike joined Motorola in June 2000 to lead the Personal Communications Sector (wireless handsets, related software and consumer two-way radio) Motorola's largest business segment. During his tenure, Motorola's handset business increased market share, returned to profitability and introduced a new global marketing campaign.
Prior to joining Motorola, Mike spent 24 years at General Electric, joining its financial leadership programme in 1975. In 1978, he was promoted to the GE corporate audit staff, a key training assignment for leadership talent in the company. For the next three-and-a-half years, he conducted financial and operational reviews at nine of the company businesses on five continents. From 1982 to 2000, he held a series of increasingly senior positions in finance, marketing, business development and general management, including 13 years as president and CEO of five businesses:
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President and CEO, GE Lighting (1999-2000), where he led the $3.5 billion business (40,000 employees), reporting to then CEO Jack Welch, and was a member of GE's Corporate Executive Council. |
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President and CEO, GE Lighting Europe/MEA (1996-1999), where he led the $0.7 billion business to profitability and improved service; he also served as GE National Executive in England and Hungary and chaired GE's Six Sigma efforts in Europe. |
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President and CEO, GE Capital Mortgage Corporation (1994-1996), where he led the world's largest mortgage insurance company ($125 billion insured) and one of the largest mortgage service companies ($100 billion in serviced assets, 4,000 employees). |
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President and CEO, Avis Fleet Services (1992-1994), where he led the $1.5 billion acquisition of Avis Lease (1,500 employees), GE Capital's first Pan-European acquisition. |
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President and CEO, GE Capital Auto Resale Services (1986-1989), where he led the acquisition and integration of 18 businesses (4,000 employees), generating service revenues of $180 million in 1989. |
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Mike holds a B.S. degree in mathematics from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, where he also captained the intercollegiate soccer and swimming teams. In 2002, Edinboro University conferred on Mike an honorary doctorate degree.
Mike serves on the board of directors of Motorola, United Way of Lake County, Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago. In the past, he has served on the board of Cleveland Tomorrow, United Way of Cleveland, Business in the Community - London and other civic organisations.
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