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Cisco nabs Microsoft's top datacenter Chief
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 18:24 IST |
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Bangalore: One of the top executives in charge of Microsoft's data center operations, Debra Chrapaty is leaving the company for a product role at Cisco, reports Wall Street Journal.
Chrapaty, Vice President of Global Foundation Services, Microsoft is said to be taking a role at Cisco as Head of Collaboration Products. A Microsoft representative declined comment, while Chrapaty and a Cisco representative were not immediately available for comment.
According to the leadership pages on Microsoft's corporate website, just 14 of the company's 131 top executives are women, which includes Chrapaty. Before joining Microsoft, she worked at ETrade, AllBusiness, and the National Basketball Association, where she served as Chief Technology Officer. Chrapaty was among the executives who spoke at Microsoft's recent financial analysts meeting.
There has been a lot of change of leadership within Microsoft recently. The unit's former Executive, Doug Dennerline, recently moved to Salesforce.com (CRM) to take a job as its EVP of sales for the Americas. Yahoo Executive, Dayne Sampson joined Microsoft in March, while General Manager Mike Manos left Microsoft in April to join Digital Realty Trust.