Microsoft hires Yahoo search team engineer
ENT News | at | by Mike
Microsoft is hiring a member of Yahoo's search team who is considered to be a key engineering asset. Sean Suchter, Yahoo's vice president of search technology, resigned from Yahoo on Wednesday and will join the Microsoft Live Search team.
Suchter will start work at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Search Technology Center on Dec. 22, according to a statement obtained by Mary-Jo Foley and attributed to Satya Nadella, Microsoft's senior vice president of search, portal and advertising.
Suchter's departure from Yahoo was reported on Wednesday by ValleyWag, which published a letter to the Yahoo search team from Tuoc Luong, Yahoo's senior vice president of search worldwide.