Microsoft’s Search Wrangler Identified
April 2, 2008
Satya Nardella, according to the Hindustan Times, is Microsoft’s top gun in search. In a story by Priya Ganapati, we learn:
Nadella, senior vice-president for Microsoft’s search, portal and advertising platform group, is trying hard to focus on business as usual in Microsoft’s online division even as he faces an uncertain future. In other words, the MSN portal and the Live Search business, and big bets on getting advertising revenues from services now rest on Nadella’s shoulders.
A graduate of Mangalore University and an alumnus of Manipal Institute of Technology, Nardella is described as “technical”. He’s a manager who can “go really deep technically”. According to Mary Jo Foley, a Microsoft pundit, “he’s a real straight shooter”. But Nardella may find himself reporting to Brian McAndrews, the former boss of aQuantive, which Microsoft acquired in May 2007.
This is one job to watch because whoever is “search wrangler” for Microsoft, a shoot out with Google requires serious weaponry. Beyond Search wonders if Yahoo’s big guns can add the fire power Microsoft needs to bag the Googzilla of search.
Stephen Arnold, April 2, 2008
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