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Veteran Microsoft exec retires
Joe Peterson
It must be that time of year, because we have another Microsoft executive departure to report: Joe Peterson, a corporate vice president who has been involved in everything from Internet Explorer to MSN to Windows, is retiring after 13 years with the Redmond company.
Microsoft confirmed Peterson's retirement this evening. He was most recently in charge of the company's Software Protection and Commerce Group, including the Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy initiative.
Peterson, a Seattle native, said in an e-mail that it was a personal decision, and he's looking forward to having more time for "family, community, traveling, etc." He called the change "a culmination of over a year of planning, finishing projects, and getting a great new set of leaders in place."
Microsoft said Peterson' s former group has been folded into other parts of the company, with the Microsoft Store and Pinpoint teams going to the Central Marketing Group and the Software Protection Platform and Windows Genuine Advantage teams going to the Windows Core Operating System Division.
Previously: Live Search GM leaving Microsoft
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