Jean-Baptiste Queru, famously known as JBQ, is now a former Google executive after Yahoo hired him as a senior principle engineer for mobile apps.
One of Google's top executives and Technical Lead for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Jean-Baptiste Queru (JBQ), has quit his job at the firm and joined Yahoo as a senior principle engineer for mobile apps. Queru revealed his employer change news via his Twitter account Tuesday, and Yahoo acknowledged his message by welcoming him at the company.
Just started a new job at @Yahoo. Great company, great people, great vision, I'm very excited.
- Jean-Baptiste Queru (@jbqueru) September 17, 2013
Welcome! RT @jbqueru Just started a new job at @Yahoo. Great company, great people, great vision, I'm very excited. - Yahoo Inc. (@YahooInc) September 17, 2013
Queru's decision to resign from his position in Google doesn't come as a surprise to those who follow him on Google+. He had revealed his frustration publicly in August about Internet issues and the hardware vendors' persistent refusal to release source codes for their proprietary hardware drivers.
"Well, I see that people have figured out why I'm quitting AOSP," Quero wrote on his Google+ page in August.
"There's no point being the maintainer of an Operating System that can't boot to the home screen on its flagship device for lack of GPU support, especially when I'm getting the blame for something that I don't have authority to fix myself and that I had anticipated and escalated more than 6 months ahead."
Although it isn't clear when Queru stepped down from his position in Google's AOSP, his LinkedIn profile page suggests that he worked for Google till August this year, bringing his total tenure to 5 years and 10 months.
The latest move comes as a big win for Yahoo as the company has directed its focus toward its growing mobile applications. Under CEO Marissa Mayer's watch, the web company has seen several updates including a modified logo design recently and several changes to its web Mail, Flickr, Weather app and other applications over the last couple of months.
Queru's departure from the Android team makes it the third such incident in recent months. In March, Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, was replaced by Chrome leader Sundar Pichai. Rubin, however, continues to work for Google. In August, Android's Vice President of product management, Hugo Barra, quit the company to join Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi as a VP.
