Seems as though one of RIM’s top executives Brian Wallace, who was the companies VP of digital marketing and media, couldn’t weather the storm and has left the ailing giant to work for Samsung – the #1 phone manufacturer in the US. Wallace was hired by Samsung to be the Vice President of strategic marketing for the U.S. instead of solely focusing on digital media, Wallace will also dabble in branding and offline media.

Rumors of layoffs have been circulating since the now infamous conference all of yesterday, leaving me to wonder who’s the next big-wig to go; I guess only time will tell.

[via Adage]