"Judson Althoff will become CEO of Microsoft's commercial business, while Nadella is staying on as the wider CEO, but better able to focus on the technical aspects of the company amid the AI race. Althoff will head a new organisation inside Microsoft that will take in sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Nadella said in a blog post that the move was necessary to continue to manage and grow the existing commercial business while also building the "new frontier" of AI - and "executing flawlessly across both.""
""To accelerate this, we will increasingly need to bring together sales, marketing, operations, and engineering to drive growth and strengthen our position as the partner of choice for AI transformation," Nadella said, later adding: "With this context, I have asked Judson Althoff to take on an expanded role as CEO of our commercial business." Passing off that work to Althoff will allow Nadella to focus on tech - notably that around AI."
"Althoff joined Microsoft in 2013 as the president of Microsoft North America, according to , and in 2021 led the newly organised division that brought together global sales, marketing, and commercial. "Over the past nine years, Judson has led our global sales organization and was the architect behind designing and building Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) into what it is today: the 'number one seed' in the industry and our company's most important growth engine," Nadella noted."
Judson Althoff will become CEO of Microsoft's commercial business and will lead a new organization encompassing sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Satya Nadella will remain overall CEO and will concentrate on technical priorities including datacenter buildout, systems architecture, AI science, and product innovation. The reorganization aims to preserve and grow the existing commercial business while accelerating AI transformation and executing both agendas. Althoff joined Microsoft in 2013, led Microsoft North America, and in 2021 unified global sales, marketing, and commercial functions. MCAPS has been positioned as a primary growth engine under his leadership.
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