Microsoft taps Samsung VP Gavin Kim to be new Windows Phone GM

The last Windows Phone General Manager, Charlie Kindel , could have been an established Microsoft vet, however the company’s looked beyond Redmond for his permanent replacement. As BGR reports, Microsoft has snagged Samsung’s VP of of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim, to guide the Windows Phone product team. In describing his new role, Kim tells BGR that he’ll “be responsible to assist set the long run direction for the Windows Phone platform and to accelerate Microsoft’s trajectory to win the hearts and minds of customers, carriers, device manufacturers, developers and partners.” At Samsung, Kim most recently worked at the company’s various Galaxy products, and he unsurprisingly remains complimentary of the corporate, noting that it has a “very bright future sooner than itself,” and that he expects a “tremendous amount of synergy between Microsoft and Samsung.” BGR’s full interview is on the source link below.