InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Learning2vest]

My first thought after reading Tom's comments about IDCC's COB was "What does he think the CEO's job is?" I only want 2 things from the Board of Director's "Chairman" at a firm I'm invested in,... pick the right CEO, and do not sell me out cheap.

Harry is aces in my book. Spent a few minutes eyeball to eyeball with him at the 2001 ASM and decided that he is the guy I want holding the keys to IDCC's poison pill lock box.

In addition, I LIKED seeing him swap out Howard Goldberg, Rip Tilden, and Alain Briancon for Bill Merritt without missing a beat last year. IMO those guys had lost focus and Bill Merritt put things back on track in a hurry.

Top management is a team effort where each player has his own assignments to carry out. I'm looking to CEO Bill Merritt and his direct reports to do the things Tom appears to expect from COB Harry Campagna.

Who needs a "star" COB from some other venue when we have our own rising stars playing on the "home team"? IMO Bill Merritt, Mark Lemmo, and Brian Kiernan are ALL "star" caliber executives.

They are highly capable engineers with the "right stuff" to take IDCC where this shareholder want's to see it go. All I want from board chairman Harry is keep those guys employed, and don't sell me out until they "Get 'er Done!".