Acer president and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company, effective immediately, Acer announced Thursday.
Chairman J.T. Wang will step in as interim president and CEO. Lanci also served as president of Acer EMEA, and Walter Deppeler will step into that role, also effective immediately.
Lanci's departure comes after he and the Acer board of directors failed to reach a consensus about the future of the company.
"Lanci held different views from a majority of the board members, and could not reach a consensus following several months' of dialog," Acer said in a statement. "They placed different levels of importance on scale, growth, customer value creation, brand position enhancement, and on resource allocation and methods of implementation."
The board of directors approved Lanci's resignation on Thursday. Company operations will continue as normal, and teams worldwide have been informed of the switch.
"The personal computer remains the core of our business. We have built up a strong foundation and will continue to expand within, especially in the commercial PC segment," Wang said in a statement. "In addition, we are stepping into the new mobile device market, where we will invest cautiously and aim to become one of the leading players."
Lanci was appointed president of Acer in 2005, and was promoted to CEO in 2008. He joined the company in 1997 as managing director of Acer Italy.
Lanci's departure comes days after Acer reported its first quarter earnings, which fell short of expectations. "Due to relatively weaker PC demand in Western Europe and the U.S., as of today, Acer's PC revenue shows decline of approximately 10 percent from the fourth quarter of last year," the company said in a statement.
The company pointed to its tablet offerings, which started shipping March, and pledged to launch several new models in the second quarter "to ramp up the unit shipment."
Earlier this month, AT&T said that the Acer Iconia 4G tablet will be supported by its network. Pricing has not yet been revealed, but the 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A501 is expected to be available in the second quarter. PCMag got some hands-on time with the device at the CTIA trade show.