by Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcher.com

Jim Finn, who recently left as head of Oracle PR, had at least two big disagreements with Oracle president Charles Phillips. No word yet on what those disagreeable issues were. Jeff Lettes from Applied Materials is his replacement.

Mr Philips, a former star Wall Street software analyst at Morgan Stanley has risen quickly at Oracle and is Larry Ellison's current favorite wonderboy. He joined the enterprise software giant in May 2003 and just six months later, he was appointed president and given a seat on the Oracle board.

David Miller, the recently appointed Applied Materials head of Worldwide Media Relations tells Silicon Valley Watcher:

"Since Jeff left I've assumed the head of corporate PR role here at Applied Materials where I worked for 6 years before leaving in January 04 for a short nine month stint at Newport Corporation before being asked to rejoin to take Jeff's role.