Satya Nadella replaces Bob Muglia as head of Microsoft’s STB
As internal candidates go Satya is an inspired choice to lead STB. He’s done a great job since taking over the Search/Ad/etc. engineering team. He has a background in servers, spent a good chunk of...
View ArticleBill Gates will resign as MSFT Chairman within a year
I tweeted the thought in the title months ago but never followed up with a blog entry. If you want to know why Bill was so emotional at the recent shareholders meeting it was probably because this was...
View ArticleNo real comments on today’s Microsoft announcements, yet
I can see from the stats that people are coming to my blog to see what I have to say about today’s announcement of Satya Nadella as Microsoft’s new CEO and Bill Gates putting in more time at Microsoft...
View ArticleThe one about the new Microsoft CEO
Now that some of the dust has settled on Microsoft’s changes last week I’m going to cover three topics. Satya Nadella the new CEO, Bill Gates increasing his Microsoft involvement, and Scott Guthrie...
View ArticleThe Scott Guthrie Manuever
A few weeks ago, as rumors that Satya Nadella would be named Microsoft CEO gained prominence, a friend and I were discussing who would replace him as head of Cloud and Enterprise. Our conclusion?...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with an insider?
I am often shocked at how many people believe an insider taking over as a CEO will be more change-averse than an outsider would be. It just isn’t necessarily the case, though it may be harder for an...
View ArticleSatya shuffles his leadership
Now that Microsoft has formally announced a bunch of Senior Leadership Team changes I thought it appropriate to comment. The easiest one is Tony Bates. Like many CEOs who join a large company as part...
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