Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security
Microsoft said Wednesday that top security leader Charlie Bell will take on a new role and that Hayete Gallot will return …
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- I'm excited to share that I'll be beginning my next chapter at Microsoft, focused on how we drive quality across our core systems. … Charlie Bell
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Discussion
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@marypcbuk
Mary Branscombe
on bluesky
the interesting thing about the news is that Charlie Bell is going back to being an IC; not dissimilar to Satya getting back to the tech stuff. people who like technology like to work with that often more than they like the managing and policy side of senior jobs [embedded post]
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@jordannovet
Jordan Novet
on bluesky
Charlie Bell was once a candidate to be AWS CEO. he joined Microsoft to run security in 2021, and now is becoming an individual contributor working on engineering quality www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/m...