After weeks of rumors, Microsoft confirmed a company-wide reorganization on Thursday. In a memo to Microsoft staff, CEO Steve Ballmer detailed the company’s effort to create “One Microsoft,” altering its organization around a “devices and services” vision. The re-org will touch every part of Microsoft, shifting executives into other roles.
Terry Myerson will lead a new operating systems engineering group that will span across console, mobile device, and PC. Myerson used to lead the Windows Phone group at Microsoft, but will now oversee the development of Windows across the various ways it’s used at Microsoft. Julie Larson-Green takes over a new devices and studios engineering group. Larson-Green took over from former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky to run the Windows division. Her new role will see her lead a group with all hardware development out of Microsoft. A separate applications and services engineering group will be led by Qi Lu, focused on the apps, services, and search products from Microsoft.
The enterprise side will see Satya Nadella leading a new cloud and enterprise engineering group. She will also oversee the company’s tools and datacenter development, construction, and operations.
Marketing will be led by former Windows CFO Tami Reller, who will be focusing on a new marketing group. Mark Penn, who was behind Microsoft’s anti-Google campaign, will “take a broad view” of the marketing strategy according to Microsoft. COO Kevin Turner will stand pat, continuing to oversee worldwide sales, field marketing, services, support, and stores.
Other moves see Tony Bates, former head of Microsoft’s Skype division, leading the business development and evangelism group, while Amy Hood will lead a finance group, reporting to Kevin Turner. General counsel Brad Smith will head the legal group, and Lisa Brummel will continue to head HR.
As part of the changes, former Office chief Kurt DelBene is retiring from the company.
