An outsider is settling in at key Microsoft position
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Joining a big company as a high-ranking executive from the outside isn't easy under any circumstance, but consider the situation facing Stephen Elop as he settles in at Microsoft
He is leading a $16.4 billion division still feeling its way through the transition to an Internet-centric world, with competition from the likes of Salesforce.com and Google. He is charged with finding new areas of growth while stoking Microsoft's profits from its traditional Office programs. And he's succeeding someone who has been there for, oh, about 27 years.