Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit
C|Net | at | by Mike
With Windows Vista out the door, Microsoft is reshuffling the leadership of the business side of its Windows unit.
A new Windows Business Group will be headed by Bill Veghte, a 17-year veteran who has been serving as corporate vice president overseeing North American sales. Windows development remains under Steven Sinofsky, with both Sinofsky and Veghte reporting to Kevin Johnson, who leads the unit that oversees both Windows and Windows Live.
The move, along with several other changes in the Windows marketing and product management ranks, is the latest in an ongoing restructuring at Microsoft that began in September 2005, with the company reordering itself from five business units to three and announcing the retirement of Jim Allchin. Allchin retired at the end of January.