18/11/2013
5 candidates competing for the job
«Microsoft» chooses new president next month
American media reported yesterday that Microsoft plans to choose a new President by the end of this year, replacing current President Steve Ballmer, who intends to retire. 'German', 'the News Agency (Bloomberg) said that the US software giant's Board of Directors will hold a meeting where to review the list of candidates to succeed Palmer and comprising approximately three to five candidates. The candidates who are seen as potential candidates to succeed Ballmer are Alan Mulally, Ford President and Steven Web Nokia firm head. Palmer was announced in August last year its intention to abandon the Presidency of Microsoft in a year, adding that the reason behind his decision was due to his desire to make way for a new President.
Palmer said he was interested in driving the restructuring process in Microsoft within four years but the boards were pushing to speed up the pace of change. Palmer said he felt at one point in May last year he himself as one of the pillars of the old regime stands in the way of restructuring, regardless of the frequency with which you want to implement change, all concerned workers and management boards and investors, partners and customers will preoccupy them doubt that I was taking the change seriously.
