Just over a year after selling Nokia to Microsoft, Stephen Elop is leaving the company. Elop had joined Microsoft as part of the sale and was given the role of Executive Vice President, Devices & Services. It’s odd that he’s stepping down, only a year after officially joining the company. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO said in a memo to all staff that it was “the right time for him to retire from Microsoft.” With Elop’s departure, Terry Myerson, previously Executive Vice President of Operating Systems, will take on his role leading a new group inside the company: the Windows and Devices Group. The Windows and…
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