Interview with Microsoft COO, Rick Belluzzo
C|Net | at | by Mike
Why are you leaving the company?
The role we defined for the president about a year and a half ago is a role that is very difficult to sustain, given the way we want to move the company. It's a difficult role to continue with.My job was basically getting the product groups and the field and go-to-market aspects of the company to work. I was in the middle, trying to make that work together on an ongoing basis. But the new model going forward is a better model.
The change is a good change, but maintaining my role after that change is not something that's going to be fulfilling to me and that's not going to be good for the organization. So Steve and I decided that it doesn't make sense--we want to be bold about this new model--as there's not the same role for me as there was before. My desire is to really run something, to run a business. That's what really excited me about my career.