It did not take lengthy to get to know Panos Panay’s new dwelling. The business veteran, who was instrumental in creating Home windows 11 and Microsoft’s Floor line of 2-in-1 laptops, has reportedly been employed by Amazon. according to Bloomberg. The previous Microsoft chief product officer will lead Amazon’s division answerable for Alexa and Echo good gadgets.

Panai will exchange Dave Limb, the Amazon government beforehand answerable for Alexa and Echo, who introduced his retirement final month. Panay’s transfer from one Seattle tech big to a different will see him oversee a division hit by layoffs final 12 months. Paradoxically, Amazon and Microsoft have fall occasions scheduled this week.

Microsoft employed Panay in 2004 as group packages supervisor. He oversaw the event of Floor gadgets throughout their early life, changing into a mainstay of the occasion along with his passionate and detailed keynotes on product launches. He was promoted in 2018 to chief product officer earlier than taking his final place at Microsoft as government vice chairman in 2021. Panay stated he “determined to show the web page and write the following chapter.” He can be changed by Youssef Mahdi as head of Microsoft’s Home windows and Floor groups.

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