Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer Resigns

Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ:MSFT] Wednesday said that Greg
Maffei, its chief financial officer, has resigned to accept a post
elsewhere and has been replaced by John Connors as senior vice
president of finance and administration and chief financial officer.

Connors will also reportedly become a member of the Microsoft
Business Leadership Team. Maffei will remain at Microsoft
through January.

Connors, 40, has been with Microsoft for almost 11 years in
various senior management positions and most recently held the
post of vice president of the worldwide enterprise group.

Maffei, 39, will reportedly join Worldwide Fiber of Vancouver,
British Columbia, a high-speed telecommunications network builder
currently constructing a fiber system across North America and the
Atlantic.

Reported by Newsbytes.com, http://www.newsbytes.com.