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Stephen Elop Officially Out at Microsoft

posted by takyon on Friday June 19 2015, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the doors dept.

"gewg_" writes:

El Reg reports:

Ex-Nokia chief Stephen Elop is officially out of Microsoft. Redmond announced the cull of top execs at the software company [June 17], and Elop is the most high-profile victim of the bloodletting. Elop, Kirill Tatarinov, and Eric Rudder will be leaving Microsoft following a handover period at the firm.

It means that the management team, led by CEO Satya Nadella, has been reshuffled. Exec veep Terry Myerson will head a new wing of the biz, dubbed Windows and Devices Group (WDG). That division will bolt together Microsoft's current Operating System Group and MS Devices Group.

[...] Redmond added that its chief insights officer AKA attack ads supremo Mark Penn was also quitting the company to "pursue another venture". He'll stand down from his post in September.

The management cull comes just before the end of Microsoft's financial year.

[...] Meanwhile, top exec Scott Guthrie has retained his job heading up the firm's cloud and enterprise division. That said, changes (and--reading between the lines--possible job cuts) are afoot there, too.

[...] Here's the memo sent out to Microsoft staff on Wednesday morning.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Nerdfest on Friday June 19 2015, @03:34AM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Friday June 19 2015, @03:34AM (#198098)

    Eric Rudder will be leaving Microsoft

    So, you're saying that they're Rudderless.

    I'm sorry, it had to be said.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Friday June 19 2015, @04:00AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 19 2015, @04:00AM (#198107) Journal

    So, you're saying that they're Rudderless.

    But they are still Guthrieful. And, Satyawise speaking [theverge.com], the need for innovation still didn't Eloped them.
    2014

    This starts with clarity of purpose and sense of mission that will lead us to imagine the impossible and deliver it. We need to prioritize innovation that is centered on our core value of empowering users and organizations to "do more." We have picked a set of high-value activities as part of our One Microsoft strategy. And with every service and device launch going forward we need to bring more innovation to bear around these scenarios.

    2015 [microsoft.com]

    I'm counting on our Senior Leadership Team to inspire innovative products and services and lead excellent execution. Our competition and our customers don't care about our organization structure — they care about innovation. While we are distinctly aligning our engineering structure and core capabilities, our ambitions are interconnected.

    Sorta... do more with less. Wise, eh?

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