Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns

The Verge / 4/9/2026

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Microsoft’s developer division chief Julia Liuson is resigning after 34 years at the company, continuing a wider executive shake-up.
She led Microsoft’s developer business for the past 12 years, a period marked by greater emphasis on open source and the $7.5B GitHub acquisition.
Liuson will stay in her DevDiv role until the end of June before shifting to an advisory position reporting to Microsoft CoreAI chief Jay Parikh.
The article says it’s unclear who will replace her and whether DevDiv’s reporting structure will change after she transitions.
The leadership change could affect how Microsoft’s developer strategy and priorities align with its CoreAI organization going forward.

Microsoft is losing another veteran executive. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division (DevDiv), is resigning from the software giant after 34 years. Liuson spent the past 12 years leading Microsoft's developer business, during a period Microsoft focused more on open source projects and acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion.

Liuson will continue as head of DevDiv until the end of June, and then move to an "advisory role" reporting to Microsoft CoreAI chief Jay Parikh, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. It's not immediately clear who will replace Liuson, or whether the DevDiv team will simply report up to Parikh in the …

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