A little more than a year after taking over the leadership position of troubled U.S. computer maker Gateway, J. Edward Coleman has resigned as the company’s CEO, leaving leadership of the firm in the hands of Acer executive Rudi Schmidleithner. Taiwanese computer maker Acer recently completed its $710 million acquisition of Gateway, simultaneously giving it a foothold in the North American market while foiling rival Lenovo’s aspirations in both North America and Europe (through a related, dependent acquisition of Packard Bell).
