Mike S. Zafirovski

Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Motorola, Inc.

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Mike S. Zafirovski Biography

Mike S. Zafirovski was the president and chief operating officer of Motorola, Inc. from  July, 2002 to February 2005 where he was a key player leading the company's re-emergence in innovation, market share gains and profitability. Zafirovski joined Motorola in June 2000 to lead the company's mobile devices business, which including cellular phones, related software and consumer two way radios. During Mike's tenure, the business increased market share, returned to profitability and introduced exciting new products and the Moto marketing campaign.

Prior to joining Motorola, Zafirovski spent 2 5 years at General Electric (GE), including 13 years as president and CEO of five businesses in the industrial ( GE Lighting) and GE Capital financial and insurance businesses. He joi ned GE in its financial leadership program 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. Before assuming his general manager posts , he held a series of increasingly senior positions in finance, marketing, and strategy/ business development at several GE Capital businesses.

Zafirovski holds a B.S. in mathematics from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania where he also captained the intercollegiate soccer and swimming teams. In 2002, Edinboro University conferred on Zafirovski an honorary doctorate degree . A native of Macedonia , he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2004.

Zafirovski serves on the board of directors of Boeing, The Economic Club of Chicago, United Way of Chicago , Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago , the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago and the Macedonian Arts Council. He and his wife Robin co-chair the Duke University Parents (Class of 2008) Board.

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