Latest news with #RajeshJha
The Verge
4 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
Microsoft's LinkedIn chief is now running Office as part of an AI reorg
Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO, Ryan Roslansky, is taking on an expanded role at the software maker as the head of Office. Announced in an internal memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the move is part of an AI shakeup that also sees Charles Lamanna and the business and industry Copilot (BIC) team move closer to the Microsoft 365 Copilot side of the company, reporting up to Rajesh Jha, Microsoft's head of experiences and devices. Roslanksy will now lead the Office, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app teams in his role as executive vice president of Office, reporting to Rajesh Jha for his new Office job. He'll also still remain LinkedIn CEO and report directly to Satya Nadella as part of that role, and remain on Microsoft's senior leadership team. 'LinkedIn remains a top priority and will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary,' says Nadella in his memo. 'This move brings us closer to the original vision we laid out nine years ago with the LinkedIn acquisition: connecting the world's economic graph with the Microsoft Graph. And I look forward to how Ryan will bring his product ethos and leadership to entertainment and devices.' Sumit Chauhan and Gaurav Sareen, senior figures in the Office and Microsoft 365 teams, will remain on the entertainment and devices leadership team, but along with their teams they'll join Jon Friedman and the UX team to work directly for Roslansky. Charles Lamanna and his BIC team are also moving to report to Rajesh Jha as part of an AI shakeup. 'Charles has consistently kept us focused on what it takes to win in business applications and the agent layer, and I look forward to the impact he and his team will have in entertainment and devices,' says Nadella. In a separate memo, Lamanna also announced that starting July 2nd Lili Cheng will take on the newly expanded role of CTO of the BIC team. Dan Lewis is also taking on the role of corporate vice president of Copilot Studio. 'We are poised to reinvent every role and every business process, and start to reimagine organizations as composed of people and agents,' says Lamanna in an internal memo. Both the Lamanna and Roslansky moves are very interesting, as the business Copilot team and Microsoft 365 Copilot team have been in separate parts of Microsoft's sprawling AI and cloud teams up until this point. This has led to a situation where nobody really owns Copilot all up inside Microsoft, but now the separate leaders of Microsoft 365 Copilot and the business Copilot teams now both report to Rajesh Jha. The consumer Copilot will still be run by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. Here's Satya Nadella's full memo: As we build out the next phase of the agentic web, we have a tremendous opportunity to transform every role, business process, and industry. The distinct categories of today will all converge to power this next wave of innovation. And to that end, we are bringing together LinkedIn, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 to redefine and to drive these new Al solutions. With that context, I am excited to share two organizational updates: First, Ryan Roslansky will take on an expanded role as EVP of Office, reporting to Rajesh in that capacity, while continuing as CEO of LinkedIn reporting to me, and will remain on the senior leadership team. In this new remit, Ryan will lead Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the Microsoft 365 Copilot application, building on the great work Sumit Chauhan, Gaurav Sareen, and their teams have done. LinkedIn remains a top priority and will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary. I am super energized by the momentum Ryan and the LinkedIn team are driving, as they help more than 1.2 billion professionals connect, learn, hire, and sell. This move brings us closer to the original vision we laid out nine years ago with the LinkedIn acquisition: connecting the world's economic graph with the Microsoft Graph. And I look forward to how Ryan will bring his product ethos and leadership to E+D. Second, Charles Lamanna and the Business and Industry Copilot team will move to report to Rajesh. This change aligns with our newly formed Al Business Solutions CSA, which brings together our strength in Modern Work and Biz Apps. Charles has consistently kept us focused on what it takes to win in business applications and the agent layer, and I look forward to the impact he and his team will have in E+D. Ultimately, this is about having the right structure to support the innovation that is now possible to drive more customer value, without the constraints of industry categories of the past. Please join me in congratulating Ryan and Charles on their new roles. Satya
Asharq Al-Awsat
4 days ago
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
LinkedIn CEO to Take over Office, More AI Duties in Microsoft Executive Shuffle
The CEO of LinkedIn will take additional responsibility for Microsoft's Office products, while an executive responsible for one of the company's leading business-to-business artificial intelligence products will start reporting to head of the company's Windows unit, according to a memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella viewed by Reuters. Ryan Roslansky, who oversees the business-focused social network owned by Microsoft, will remain CEO of LinkedIn but also oversee products such as Word and Excel and also "Copilot," Microsoft's leading AI product, within the company's productivity software suite, the memo said. Roslansky will report to Rajesh Jha, who oversees Microsoft Windows and Teams, among other duties. The memo said existing Office leaders Sumit Chauhan and Gaurav Sareen will report to Jha as well. Also moving to report to Jha will be Charles Lamanna, who leads "Copilot" for business and industrial users, the memo said.
CNA
4 days ago
- Business
- CNA
LinkedIn CEO to take over Office, more AI duties in Microsoft executive shuffle
SAN FRANCISCO :The CEO of LinkedIn will take additional responsibility for Microsoft's Office products, while an executive responsible for one of the company's leading business-to-business artificial intelligence products will start reporting to head of the company's Windows unit, according to a memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella viewed by Reuters. Ryan Roslansky, who oversees the business-focused social network owned by Microsoft, will remain CEO of LinkedIn but also oversee products such as Word and Excel and also "Copilot," Microsoft's leading AI product, within the company's productivity software suite, the memo said. Roslansky will report to Rajesh Jha, who oversees Microsoft Windows and Teams, among other duties. The memo said existing Office leaders Sumit Chauhan and Gaurav Sareen will report to Jha as well.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Microsoft's LinkedIn Chief to Run Office Group in AI Shakeup
The chief of Microsoft Corp. 's LinkedIn is taking charge of the teams that build email and productivity apps, in a reorganization that consolidates more of the company's workplace software as it seeks to speed up deployment of artificial intelligence tools. Ryan Roslansky, the professional networking site's chief executive officer since 2020, will tack on responsibility for the teams behind Outlook, Word, Excel and the rest of the Office bundle, Microsoft told employees on Wednesday. He'll report to Rajesh Jha, a top engineering executive whose organization includes Windows and business software. In Roslansky's capacity as LinkedIn CEO, he'll continue to report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
