Microsoft promotes LinkedIn's Scott to new role of CTO

News General Global 24 JAN 2017
Microsoft promotes LinkedIn's Scott to new role of CTO
Microsoft named LinkedIn executive Kevin Scott to the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO) at the software giant. This is an expansion of his new role at LinkedIn as senior vice president of Infrastructure. In addition, he joins Microsoft's Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella. Scott will focus on bringing together the LinkedIn professional network with Microsoft's enterprise cloud services, Nadella said in a statement. 

Prior to his role as senior vice president of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn, Scott held a number of engineering leadership roles at Google and AdMob. He is also an adviser to several Silicon Valley startups, an active angel investor and founder of the nonprofit organization Behind the Tech.

Microsoft completed its USD 26 billion takeover of LinkedIn in December last year. 

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