exec in charge of small business software division steps aside<\/i><\/p>\n
seattle — doug burgum is leaving his leadership position as senior vice president of microsoft business solutions to take a newly created “chairman” job in the division.<\/p>\n
burgum came to microsoft five years ago when the redmond software giant bought great plains software inc., where he was president. the acquisition was part of microsoft’s effort to get into small- and medium-size-business software.<\/p>\n
microsoft recently revamped the product line under a new name, microsoft dynamics. still, the unit has continued to lose money. for the quarter ended sept. 30, microsoft business solutions reported an operating loss of $12 million on revenue of $181 million. the compares with a loss of $31 million on revenue of $156 million in the same period a year earlier.<\/p>\n
in an e-mail to employees thursday, burgum said that the recent launch of the dynamics product line made it the right time to leave his position. he said he would stay in charge until a replacement is found.
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