Microsoft waves Goodbye to Bill Shaughnessy

Microsoft

has confirmed the departure of its advertising sales executive, Bill Shaughnessy. There weren’t any particular reasons highlighted when the plans of his resignation were first brought to light. However this is a part of the planned changes that were to take place in the Microsoft’s online division.

Boomtown also reported the hiring of former Yahoo exec Qi Lu as the head.
As part of today’s announcement, several teams will move to further align resources. The field sales organizations in the Online Services Group will move to Microsoft’s centralized Sales, Marketing and Services Group led by chief operating officer Kevin Turner. This group, called Consumer & Online, will be led by Corporate Vice President Darren Huston and will include the Global Advertising Sales and Services organization, led by vice president Bill Shaughnessy.