REDMOND, Wash.,
Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today
announced that Lisa Brummel,
Executive Vice President of Human Resources, will retire from the
company after 25 years, and Kathleen
Hogan will succeed her as Executive Vice President of Human
Resources. Hogan will join the company's senior leadership team
beginning November 28, reporting to
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya
Nadella. Brummel will assist in the leadership transition
and remain with the company through December
31.
"Kathleen is an accomplished, well-respected and well-rounded
leader who obsesses over our customers and is motivated by people's
passion for how technology can change the world," Nadella said.
"She is the right person to continue pushing our cultural
transformation forward, and she will ensure Microsoft remains the
best, most inclusive place to work."
Hogan has worked in a variety of roles at Microsoft over the
past 11 years, most recently leading Microsoft Services, the
largest single Microsoft organization with more than 21,000
employees worldwide. She has held a variety of roles, from
technical to sales and marketing, from being a developer at Oracle
to a partner at McKinsey. She earned her bachelor's degree in
applied mathematics and economics, magna cum laude, from
Harvard University, and an MBA from the
Stanford University Graduate School of
Business. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Puget Sound
Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the
Cure and the Technology Services Industry Association.
Brummel has led Human Resources at the company since
May 2005, joining Microsoft straight
from university in 1989, and has held a number of management and
marketing positions across Microsoft's consumer, hardware and
productivity businesses. She is co-owner of the WNBA franchise
Seattle Storm and is active in charitable ventures associated with
Hopelink community services, the University of
Washington Medical Center, Yale
University and the Women's Funding Alliance.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help
people and businesses realize their full potential.
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