Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer and the individual liable for development of the Surface and Windows 11, has left the corporate after 19 years.
Microsoft introduced Panay’s departure on Monday through e mail. Beforehand, he was the pinnacle of the corporate’s Home windows and Gadgets workforce.
“Thanks, Panos, to your influence on our merchandise, tradition, firm, and business over the previous twenty years. I am grateful to your management, assist, and all you have finished for Microsoft and our clients and companions,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned in an emailed assertion.
Panay tweeted Monday about his resolution to go away the corporate.
“After 19 unimaginable years at Microsoft, I’ve determined to show the web page and write the subsequent chapter,” he mentioned. “I am eternally grateful for my time at Microsoft and the superb individuals I had the honour to make merchandise with.”
After 19 unimaginable years at Microsoft, I’ve determined to show the web page and write the subsequent chapter. I’m eternally grateful for my time at Microsoft and the superb individuals I had the honour to make merchandise with.
— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) September 18, 2023
Though Panay has but to point the place he shall be working subsequent, Bloomberg reported Monday that the previous Microsoft government will head to Amazon to run the division engaged on Alexa and Echo merchandise.
Amazon did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
Panay started work on the Surface in 2008. The thought on the time was for Microsoft to have its personal touch-based {hardware} to coincide with the discharge of Home windows 8, which made use of touch-based controls. Since its preliminary launch in 2012, Panay has been the face of the Floor, usually presenting the latest iterations at Microsoft occasions.
Taking up Panay’s duties on the Home windows workforce is Yusuf Medhi, company vp and client chief advertising and marketing officer.
Panay’s departure comes days earlier than Microsoft’s Sept. 21 event, the place the corporate will showcase new merchandise and its newest improvements in artificial intelligence.
