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After spending greater than 19 years at Microsoft, Panos Panay is becoming a member of Amazon to guide its Gadgets & Providers enterprise (D&S), and he’ll report back to Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO introduced on Wednesday. Panay was the product head at Microsoft and his most up-to-date function was of an EVP and Chief Product Officer, main the Home windows and Gadgets division at Microsoft. He’ll take over after the outgoing {hardware} lead Dave Limp strikes on from Amazon. Limp oversees the event of Amazon’s shopper gadgets like Hearth TV, Echo, and Kindle in addition to the Alexa voice assistant.

As reported earlier, Limp will stay in his function for the following few months. Limp beforehand talked about that he’s not quitting as he’s “much less bullish concerning the gadgets and companies enterprise” at Amazon.

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“Panos will begin on the finish of October, and Dave Limp will work with him over the following couple of months to make sure a clean transition. I stay fairly excited concerning the invention occurring and companies that we’re constructing in D&S, and sit up for working with Panos,” Jassy wrote in a word.

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Panos determined to maneuver on from Microsoft earlier this month after spending virtually 20 years. 

“I’ve identified Panos for years, and consider he will likely be an excellent addition to this group transferring ahead. He’s a passionate product chief and I can’t wait to see what all of you invent collectively. I’ll work diligently with him for the following two months to make sure a clean transition by our fall launches and getting by our OP1 planning,” Limp wrote.

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Limp, in the meantime, is leaving Amazon to grow to be the CEO of Jeff Bezos’ house agency Blue Origin. 

This comes at a time when retail large Amazon’s system division has been struggling to generate income and has been a goal of mass layoffs on the tech large.

Limp would retire after a stint of greater than 13 years at Amazon and this might be a serious exit since Jassy took over the corporate in 2021. Numerous prime executives have left the corporate up to now two years. The announcement was made collectively by Limp and Jassy, in a word to Amazon staff, final month.