Panos Panay, who led the event of Home windows 11 and shepherded the Floor product line, is leaving the corporate after virtually 20 years. The announcement got here simply days earlier than the following iteration of Floor is because of be unveiled at an occasion in New York Metropolis on Thursday.
Panay revealed the information in a posting on Twitter/X this morning.
After 19 unimaginable years at Microsoft, I’ve determined to show the web page and write the following chapter. I’m endlessly grateful for my time at Microsoft and the superb individuals I had the consideration to make merchandise with.
— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) September 18, 2023
In an e mail to workers, reproduced by a number of tech information retailers together with Home windows Central, Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s govt vice chairman of experiences and gadgets, mentioned:
“After practically 20 years on the firm, Panos Panay has determined to depart Microsoft. Panos has had an unimaginable affect on our merchandise and tradition in addition to the broader gadgets ecosystem. Underneath Panos’ management, the workforce created the enduring Floor model with cherished merchandise. Extra lately, because the chief of Home windows, the workforce has introduced superb providers and experiences to lots of of tens of millions with Home windows 11 on revolutionary gadgets together with these from our OEM companions. He might be missed, and I’m personally very grateful for his many contributions through the years. Please be a part of me in wishing him effectively.
Shifting ahead, we are going to double down on our technique. These adjustments might be efficient instantly with Panos’ assist in the transition.
Construct silicon, methods and gadgets that span Home windows, shopper and cloud for an AI world. This workforce might be led by Pavan Davuluri, who will report on to me. Brett Ostrum, Nino Storniolo, Linda Averett, Ken Pan, Ralf Groene, Aidan Marcuss, Carlos Picoto, Stevie Bathiche, Robin Seiler, Ruben Caballero and Anuj Gosalia will transfer to report back to Pavan with their groups intact. Home windows planning and launch administration will proceed to be on this workforce. Our dedication to Floor and MR stays unchanged.
Construct experiences that mix internet, providers and Home windows for an AI world. To this finish, Shilpa Ranganathan, Jeff Johnson and Ali Akgun will straight report back to Mikhail Parakhin and kind a brand new Home windows and Internet Experiences Workforce, transferring with their groups intact.
Yusuf Mehdi will tackle the accountability of main the Home windows and Floor companies with our OEM and Retail companions. As well as, Charles Simonyi, Terri Chudzik and Erin Kolb will be a part of the E+D administration groups and Ralf Groene and Mike Davidson will work collectively on the very best alignment on design groups. We are going to arrange time for an AMA within the coming days to reply questions. Let’s proceed to remain targeted on executing on our present plans. Thanks for all that you simply do, and the affect that you’ve got for our clients and companions.”
The Verge reported in a tweet that Panay won’t be current at Thursday’s occasion, which he had teased about in late August, saying he was “pumped to be in NYC on September 21 speaking AI innovation from Microsoft!”
Jha did say that Panay will assist in the transition to the brand new construction detailed in his e mail.
