Yahoo just named Microsoft veteran Blake Irving as its new chief product officer. Irving fills the void left by Ari Balogh, Yahoo's CTO and EVP of products, who said earlier this month that he was
leaving for "personal reasons." During his time at Microsoft, Irving led the back-end development of its Windows Live platform. Irving "retired" three years ago -- shortly before a major
reorganization of Microsoft's online operations, according to paidContent.
More recently, he serves as a professor at Pepperdine's business school. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said she liked
Irving's "large scale internet expertise from a mature company." Among other responsibilities at Yahoo, Irving will focus on "speeding key inputs and decision making into product strategy and
direction."
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