Another Microsoft chief jumps to google
Vic Gundotra a former general manager for platform evangelism has left Microsoft and will be joining the Google team
“Mr. Gundotra has resigned from Microsoft and entered into an agreement with Google,” Google said in a statement. “Though the financial arrangements are confidential, he will not be a Google employee for one year and intends to spend that time on philanthropic pursuits. We are uncertain what precise role he will play when he begins working for Google, but he has a broad range of skills and experience which we believe will be valuable to Google.”
“We certainly appreciate Vic’s contributions here and wish him well,” said Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla.
The financial elements of the deal are being kept hush hush, however Vic will not be join google for a year as he will be taking time out to do philanthropy
