From 1983 to 1985, he became marketing director then general manager of the Tegal semiconductor equipment unit owned by Motorola Inc.
In 1985, he became vice-president and director of Motorola's radio paging Division, where he sponsored the team that created one of the first virtually completely automated manufacturing operations in the US, called Project Bandit.
[2] Following the dot-com crash in 2000, he led a massive three-year restructuring of Motorola that included large lay-offs, closure of manufacturing facilities and reducing break-even costs.
[3] The RAZR cellular phone was designed by Galvin's innovators in new product development methodologies created during the 2001–2003 timeframe.
When I saw the technology, it blew me away.”[5] On September 19, 2003, the board of directors announced publicly it would seek another CEO.