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 yr. Mr Davuluri beforehand oversaw the Floor group and now leads each Home windows and Floor departments. 

Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s head of experiences and gadgets, stated, “As a part of this transformation, 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. It will allow us to take a holistic strategy to constructing silicon, programs, experiences, and gadgets that span Home windows consumer and cloud for this AI period.”

“Pavan Davuluri will lead this group and proceed to report back to me. Shilpa Ranganathan and Jeff Johnson and their groups will report on to Pavan. The Home windows group will proceed to work intently with the Microsoft AI group on AI, silicon, and experiences,” he stated.

Who’s Pavan Davuluri?

1. Pavan Kumar Davuluri is an IIT Madras graduate. He accomplished his post-graduation from the College of Maryland, in accordance with his LinkedIn profile.

2. Mr Davuluri started his profession at Microsoft as a Reliability Part Supervisor in 2001.

3. Mr Davuluri has held numerous management positions over his 23-year tenure at Microsoft, working throughout PC and Xbox {hardware}, Floor, and Home windows. 

4. Pavan Davuluri took on the position of company vice chairman for Home windows and Silicon & Methods Integration in 2021, overseeing efforts to optimise Home windows for Arm-based devices.

5. Mr Davuluri was just lately assigned to guide Home windows engineering alongside his present duties in Microsoft’s {hardware} endeavours. He’ll lead a devoted group growing silicon programs for Microsoft’s Home windows and Floor merchandise.