Pavan Davuluri, an IIT Madras graduate, has been appointed the brand new head of Microsoft Home windows and Floor. He succeeds Panos Panay, who left for Amazon final 12 months. Mr Davuluri beforehand oversaw the Floor group and now leads each Home windows and Floor departments.
Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s head of experiences and units, stated, “As a part of this alteration, we’re bringing collectively the Home windows Experiences and Home windows + Units groups as a core a part of the Experiences + Units (E+D) division. This may allow us to take a holistic method to constructing silicon, techniques, experiences, and units that span Home windows consumer and cloud for this AI period.”
“Pavan Davuluri will lead this staff and proceed to report back to me. Shilpa Ranganathan and Jeff Johnson and their groups will report on to Pavan. The Home windows staff will proceed to work intently with the Microsoft AI staff on AI, silicon, and experiences,” he stated.
Who’s Pavan Davuluri?
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Pavan Kumar Davuluri is an IIT Madras graduate. He accomplished his post-graduation from the College of Maryland, in response to his LinkedIn profile.
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Mr Davuluri started his profession at Microsoft as a Reliability Element Supervisor in 2001.
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Mr Davuluri has held numerous management positions over his 23-year tenure at Microsoft, working throughout PC and Xbox {hardware}, Floor, and Home windows.
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Pavan Davuluri took on the position of company vp for Home windows and Silicon & Techniques Integration in 2021, overseeing efforts to optimise Home windows for Arm-based units.
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Mr Davuluri was not too long ago assigned to guide Home windows engineering alongside his present duties in Microsoft’s {hardware} endeavours. He’ll lead a devoted staff creating silicon techniques for Microsoft’s Home windows and Floor merchandise.