Sanjay Jha quits post-Google8217;s Motorola Mob buy

Woodside,who takes over from Jha,was serving as President of Google8217;s Americas region,it added.

Jha,meanwhile,will continue to work with Google to help ensure a smooth transition,the statement said.

This is the biggest deal in Google8217;s 14-year history.

The two companies had announced the deal nine months ago.

Google acquired Motorola Mobility in an all-cash deal for USD 40 per share.

8220;I8217;ve known Dennis for nearly a decade,and he8217;s been phenomenal at building teams and delivering on some of Google8217;s biggest bets. One of his first jobs at Google was to put on his backpack and build our businesses across the Middle East,Africa,Eastern Europe and Russia,8221; Page said.

Google has hired a new team for running business at Motorola Mobility,which includes former Director of DARPA Regina Dugan,former supply chain VP at Amazon and previously at Nokia Mark Randall,former CFO of Marsh and McLennan Vanessa Wittman,former head of HR at Visa and NVIDIA Scott Sullivan,and former Google VP of Consumer Marketing Gary Briggs.

Members of Motorola Mobility8217;s team,including Senior Vice-President for Global Product Development Iqbal Arshad,Chief of Staff Marshall Brown,Senior Vice President for Mass Market Products Fei Liu and some others will continue working at the their existing position,the statement said.