Rajesh Jha, currently the executive vice president of the product group, will head the newly formed Experience and Equipment Division and Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise Division. Scott Guthrie will lead the newly established Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Platform.
At the same time, Terry Myerson, executive vice president in charge of the Windows and Devices Division (WDG), will resign. In addition, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also announced the following personnel change:
Equipment: Panos Panay will serve as chief product officer.
Windows: Joe Belfiore will continue to be responsible for the Windows experience and promote Windows innovation.
New experiences and technologies: Kudo Tsunoda will continue to lead the team responsible for leveraging high-value experiences and user interactions.
Enterprise Mobility and Management: Brad Anderson will continue to be responsible for Windows enterprise deployment and management.
Executive Vice President Guthrie has expanded his responsibilities and will lead the newly established Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Platform. The purpose of this department is to promote the consistency and value of the platform. To achieve this goal, Microsoft will conduct the following personnel Adjustment:
Azure: Jason Zander will be promoted to executive vice president and lead the Azure team. Windows platform team led by Harv Bhela, Henry Sanders and Michael Fortin (Michael Fortin) will join Sandel team.
Business AI: Customer service led by Gurdeep Singh Pall. The Marketing and Sales Insights team (CSMSI) will join the Business Applications Division led by James Phillips.
Universal Stores and Business Platforms: Eric Lockard and his team will also join the team of cloud computing and artificial intelligence platforms led by Sundall.
Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality (MR): Alex Kipman will lead the new team.
Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Services and Platforms: Eric Boyd will lead this new team, working to advance the development of AI platforms, AI Fundamentals, Azure ML, AI tools and cognitive services.
In addition, Harry Shum will continue to lead Microsoft's third engineering team 'artificial intelligence and research and development' team.
In response, Microsoft CEO Nadera said in a statement: 'Today, I announced the establishment of two new engineering teams to accelerate our innovation to better serve the long-term needs of our customers and partners.'