Amazon Is Poised to Hire Departing Microsoft Product Chief
- Panos Panay oversaw hardware, Windows in 20-year tenure
- He’ll replace retiring Amazon devices chief Dave Limp
Panos Panay
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Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.’s product chief to run the division responsible for the voice-activated Alexa assistant and Echo smart speakers, according to people familiar with the situation.
Panos Panay, an almost 20-year veteran who led Microsoft’s Windows team and was central to the company’s hardware push with its Surface computers, said Monday he’s leaving the technology giant.