born american business executive research development specialist currently chief executive officer data known managing divisions microsoft supported product families presidents reported directly microsoft ceo held executive positions microsoft resigning company worked briefly accepted current position ceo june early life born connecticut father automotive parts salesman started working job years old moved michigan earned undergraduate degree university_of_michigan graduating started working career microsoft windows business software started microsoft career product manager served director promoted vice president windows division october later held position vice president group promoted senior vice president applications tools group february influential corporate restructuring microsoft assigned business divisions customer types technologies head business productivity group oversaw business software according pushed developers visit customers created customer advisory boards led efforts incorporate customer input product development microsoft testified united_states anti trust lawsuit case microsoft microsoft use java according new_york_times reporters judge embarrassed persistent characterization email negotiated aggressively anti trust dispute companies august appointed vice president new services group following year reassigned focus database technologies senior vice president helped develop microsoft plan computing announced march early held position senior vice president tools division organization microsoft resulted taking position senior vice president tools promoted president division presidents microsoft tenure business group grew revenues percent year years division accounted percent microsoft revenues january position led microsoft year plan data center products dynamic strategy october developers criticized suggesting microsoft emphasis statement later retracted announced resignation microsoft january replaced microsoft ceo fourth executive reporting directly microsoft ceo resign early according credited growing tools division implied departure related disagreements executives company cloud computing strategy july months prior day microsoft announced hire executive vice president software division reported ceo staff microsoft executive hired consolidate software groups new division called helped develop software defined networking strategy december quit month appointed company new ceo executives left time computing currently chief executive officer cloud based data joined company june couple years founded came stealth mode october
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