Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer and the individual chargeable for improvement of the Floor and Home windows 11, left the tech big after 19 years on Sept. 18. Amazon confirmed Wednesday that Panay shall be becoming a member of its firm in October.
Microsoft introduced Panay’s departure final week by way of e mail. Beforehand, he was the top of the corporate’s Home windows and Gadgets crew.
“Thanks, Panos, to your affect on our merchandise, tradition, firm, and trade over the previous twenty years. I am grateful to your management, assist, and all you’ve got carried out for Microsoft and our clients and companions,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned in an emailed assertion.
Panay tweeted the identical day about his determination to go away the corporate.
“After 19 unimaginable years at Microsoft, I’ve determined to show the web page and write the subsequent chapter,” he mentioned. “I am endlessly grateful for my time at Microsoft and the superb folks I had the distinction to make merchandise with.”
Panay did not point out the place he shall be working subsequent, however Bloomberg first reported that the previous Microsoft government would head to Amazon.
Amazon mentioned in a weblog put up Wednesday that Panay will head up the corporate’s gadgets and companies crew. He’ll begin work with the corporate on the finish of October.
Panay started work on the Floor in 2008. The concept on the time was for Microsoft to have its personal touch-based {hardware} to coincide with the discharge of Home windows 8, which made use of touch-based controls. Since its preliminary launch in 2012, Panay has been the face of the Floor, recurrently presenting the latest iterations at Microsoft occasions.