Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, who supervises its customer marketing efforts, is taking control of the company’s Surface area and Windows services with the external PC makers and retail partners, as long time item chief Panos Panay steps down.
Bloomberg reported that Panay is being employed by Amazon.com to run the system accountable for the company’s Alexa and Echo items, changing David Limp, the system’s present chief who has actually stated he prepares to retire this year.
Microsoft decreased to talk about the Bloomberg r eport, and Amazon did not react to an ask for remark.
Panay stepped down after almost twenty years with Microsoft, where he helmed the development of the Surface area line of computer systems and more just recently manage the launch of the Windows 11 os.
In a declaration, Microsoft president Satya Nadella thanked Panay for his “effect on our items, culture, business, and market over the previous 20 years. I’m grateful for your management, assistance, and all you have actually provided for Microsoft and our clients and partners.”
Microsoft likewise stated that Pavan Davuluri will lead a hardware engineering group that consists of Microsoft’s efforts to establish its own chips, according to a personnel e-mail on Monday by Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of experiences and gadgets group at Microsoft.
Reuters has actually seen a copy of the e-mail.
Microsoft has actually made huge bets on generative AI, incorporating the innovation into a large variety of its items, consisting of cloud, search and software and services such as its Workplace suite.
The business is hosting a “unique occasion” on September 21, where it is anticipated to reveal updates to its Surface area lineup, to name a few updates.