MS After Convergence: Shakeup in Dynamics Leadership

March 21, 2007 from eWeek – “A little more than one week after Convergence, Microsoft's big annual user conference that highlights the company's Dynamics brand of ERP and CRM software, Microsoft quietly made some changes in the Business Solutions executive lineup.

Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions, and effectively the leader of the Microsoft Dynamics group that includes the company's four separate enterprise resource planning suites and customer relationship management offering, will be joining the Platform Services Division to lead a new division, the Search and Ad Platform Group. Nadella will transition from his current role in the Business Solutions group by April 19…”

180 View – I was wondering about the keynote and subsequent presentations by Satya Nadella at Convergence. He seemed extremely knowledgeable but lacked passion. Now I know why. Why he did not get the job is another matter. My guess is that he was having a hard time replacing Doug Burgum, who seemed to inspire the troops.