Microsoft loses veteran GM to Google
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A Microsoft technology evangelist has left after 15 years with the company to go work for archrival Google Inc., continuing a string of high-profile personnel changes at Microsoft this month.
Vic Gundotra, Microsoft's general manager for platform evangelism, will join Google in a year in order to comply with a non-compete clause in his Microsoft contract, the companies confirmed separately. In the meantime, Gundotra will keep busy doing philanthropic work.
Google hasn't yet decided what role Gundotra will play after joining the company. "He has a broad range of skills and experience which we believe will be valuable to Google," Google spokesman Steve Langdon said via e-mail.