Paul Hart replaced Adams at the helm and guided the club to Premier League safety, but his future at the club is still up for discussion.

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The other pieces enterprise products like two-way radios for public safety agencies and bar-code scanners became Motorola Solutions, with Brown at the helm.

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The company lost one CEO to a safety controversy over failed tires and then endured a disastrous run with Bill Ford at the helm.

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Mr. Hayward took the helm in May 2007, saying he would focus "like a laser" on safety and simultaneously improve BP's operations.

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