LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky took on an expanded role at the company as head of the office last year, and is now getting more responsibilities as part of the latest leadership shakeup within Microsoft. Sources told me that the Microsoft Teams organization is moving to report to Ruslansky, who will now lead a new business experiences group at Microsoft.
The changes are part of a broader shake-up launched by Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Experiences and Devices group, who retired from Microsoft after more than 35 years. Jha was responsible for the teams behind Windows, Office, Copilot and Microsoft 365, and Microsoft has been trying to divide his responsibilities since announcing his retirement in March.
Charles LaManna, who has risen quickly through Microsoft’s ranks, will take on more responsibilities, according to an internal memo I reviewed. Edge. Lamanna will lead the Copilot, Agents and Platform (CAP) team within Microsoft, which includes critical Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 services, BizChat, and more. The Microsoft 365 Core, OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) and Data Platform and Growth (DPG) teams are also joining the Lamanna team.
This will also see veteran Microsoft executives Jeff Teper and Kirk Koenigsbauer move in to report to Lamanna. Tepper will serve as Executive Vice President of Applications and Agents, while Koenigsbauer will serve as President of Data Platform and Growth.
Pavan Davuluri, president of Microsoft Surface and Windows, will continue to lead the Windows and devices group. However, the intentional team that Microsoft acquired in 2017 is moving on under Davuluri’s leadership. Among them is Microsoft technical fellow Charles Simone, who founded Intentional Software in 2002. Before that, Simone spent more than 20 years at Microsoft, where he oversaw the creation of Excel and Word.
Perry Clark is now CTO of Application Systems at Microsoft, having spent nearly a decade running Microsoft 365 Core, the core services and components for Microsoft 365. Clark’s new role will “focus on the end-to-end systems architecture across M365 and Copilot, and how that aligns efficiently with the model families, Azure Cloud, and silicon,” according to a memo from Jha.
LaManna thanked Clark “for his years of stewardship of the M365 Core,” in a memo to employees on Tuesday. “The standard they set for engineering rigor and customer obsession has laid the foundation for the next generation of AI products and capabilities.”
This new structure for Microsoft’s hardware and hardware experiences organization goes into effect this week, and Lamanna, Davuluri, Clarke, and Roslansky will all begin reporting directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on June 30, once Jha leaves Microsoft.
Microsoft’s latest changes come as the company prepares to offer long-serving employees the ability to retire voluntarily. US employees whose combined years of service add up to 70 or older will be eligible for voluntary retirement, and Microsoft is announcing full employee details tomorrow. There are a lot of employees in Windows and Office organizations who will be eligible for this one-time program, and it will be interesting to see how many will take Microsoft up on its offer.
