The TechCrunch article seems to miss a few points. The main point of which is the fact that the executive in question clearly leveraged his position to get a job at Apple to lead Core OS. It's a case of leveraging his position after he was promoted to VP of Platform at BBRY.
(This information isn't cited in the TechCrunch article, but I read it elsewhere).
(This information isn't cited in the TechCrunch article, but I read it elsewhere).