Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, shared the under communication with Microsoft staff this morning.
As we mark our fiftieth 12 months, I’ve been reflecting on how we now have remained a consequential firm decade after decade in an business the place there is no such thing as a franchise worth. And it’s as a result of — time and time once more when tech paradigms have shifted — we now have seized the chance to reinvent ourselves. And that’s what we’re doing once more in the present day on this AI platform shift.
To proceed thriving as an organization, we have to increase the bar on our operational excellence, regularly enhancing safety, high quality, and supply to our prospects, in addition to the rigor with which we function the enterprise. Constructing this functionality is crucial, and I need every of us to take as a lot satisfaction in exceeding buyer expectations in our fundamentals as we do in our product innovation. In spite of everything, each are mission vital to our prospects and our future.
On this context, I’m thrilled to share that Carolina Dybeck Happe is becoming a member of Microsoft as EVP and Chief Operations Officer. On this newly created position, she’s going to be a part of the senior management staff (SLT), reporting to me.
I’ve come to admire Carolina via her work as a worldwide enterprise chief, together with most not too long ago her position in main GE’s historic turnaround. She is acknowledged for her capability to drive transformational change at scale whereas delivering improved buyer experiences and quicker time to worth. Carolina will associate with the SLT to assist us drive steady enterprise course of enchancment throughout all our organizations and speed up our company-wide AI transformation, rising worth to prospects and companions.
As a part of this transition, the Commerce + Ecosystems group in Cloud + AI, the Microsoft Digital group in Experiences + Gadgets, and the Microsoft Enterprise Operations group in Finance will transfer to report back to Carolina. These groups are doing mission-critical work for us with excessive ambition plans on learn how to empower our companions, prospects, and staff with world class expertise and experiences.
I sit up for seeing the progress we are going to obtain collectively as we embrace steady enchancment in all we do.
Please be a part of me in welcoming Carolina to Microsoft.
Satya