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Microsoft Names Judson Althoff CEO of Commercial Business

The shift concentrates go-to-market functions under one leader to accelerate AI commercialization.

Overview

  • Marketing and operations will report to Althoff as Microsoft forms a unified commercial organization.
  • Satya Nadella plans to concentrate on datacenter expansion, systems architecture, AI science and product innovation.
  • Althoff will chair a new commercial leadership team that includes leaders from engineering, sales, marketing, operations and finance.
  • The restructuring follows the recent consolidation of enterprise AI storefronts into a single Microsoft Marketplace.
  • Althoff joined Microsoft from Oracle in 2013 and most recently served as chief commercial officer leading global sales.