Microsoft’s Mundie Shifts to New Role Before Retirement
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Microsoft Corp. said Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie plans to retire in 2014 after two decades and has shifted to a new role as a senior adviser to Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
Eric Rudder, chief technical strategy officer, is taking over some of Mundie’s duties overseeing research, privacy and security, as well as technology policy, Ballmer said in an e-mail to staff on Dec. 14 that Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, made public today.