Tony Scott, Microsoft's former chief information officer.
(Credit: Microsoft)
Scott managed the company's internal IT operations for the past five
years.
Tony Scott, who as chief
information officer managed Microsoft's internal IT operations for the past
five years, is leaving the company.
The
departure of Scott, whose LinkedIn profile describes him as the "former
CIO" at the software giant, was announced to staff in an internal memo
late last week, according to GeekWire,
which first reported the news.
"Tony Scott decided to
depart Microsoft to focus on personal projects," Microsoft said in a
statement to GeekWire. "While at Microsoft, Tony was a strong IT leader
passionate about taking Microsoft's technology to the next level and using our
experiences and learnings to help customers and partners. We thank Tony for his
contributions and wish him well."
Scott was hired in January
2008, taking over for Stuart Scott, who was fired the previous November for
violating company policies. Before Microsoft Tony Scott led a major IT
infrastructure upgrade at Wal Disney and served as chief technology officer at
General Motors and vice president of operations at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
(Source: cnet.com)
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