Panos Panay, the chief product officer at Microsoft, main Home windows improvement and the corporate’s Floor line, is leaving Microsoft. In an e-mail on Monday, Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s vice chairman of expertise and units, instructed staff: “After practically 20 years on the firm, Panos Panay has determined to depart Microsoft.”
Panay’s departure from Microsoft is considerably abrupt. Simply final month, Panay mentioned he was excited to look at Microsoft’s particular occasion that’s set to happen on Thursday, September twenty first, the place the corporate is poised to disclose the latest additions to its Surface lineup and “AI innovation.” Nonetheless, Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw tells The Verge Panay is not going to seem at this week’s occasion.