(Telecompaper) BlackBerry announced two appointments in strategy, marketing and operations. James S. Mackey was appointed Executive Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning, and Mark Wilson was named Senior Vice President of Marketing. Both have worked in the past with the smartphone maker's new CEO, John Chen. Mackey served as senior VP of Corporate Development at Open Text, as well as head of Corporate Development at SAP. Wilson joins in January from Avaya, where he served as CMO. He previously was senior VP of Corporate and Field Marketing at Sybase and held marketing roles at AT&T and KPMG.