Donald McLellan; 38, Corporate vice-president, Motorola Inc.(Focus: 40 Under 40)(Brief Article)

Byline: Julie Johnsson

Donald McLellan's skills as dealmaker for Motorola Inc. were put to the test with the electronics giant's July spinoff of its $4.86-billion chip business, Free-scale Semiconductor Inc.

His task as director of corporate development and strategic transactions: create a completely new corporation, transfer 23,000 Motorolans in 30 countries to it-and then convince Wall Street to buy stock in a business that had long been a money pit for the Schaumburg manufacturer.

After the semiconductor division lost more than $4 billion in 2001 and 2002, Motorola's board decided last fall to divest its chips venture in an initial public …