Xbox loses recently appointed executive under CEO Asha Sharma
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Jared Palmer, Xbox’s vice-president of engineering, has left the company roughly two months after being appointed by chief executive Asha Sharma. His quick departure is notable because it comes during a broader leadership reshuffle and job cuts at Xbox, raising further questions about stability within the division.
Palmer announced that he had joined AI company Cognition to lead engineering, thanking Sharma and Xbox colleagues for “an amazing year”. He was appointed on 5 May to develop tools, services and experiences across the Xbox ecosystem; he had previously worked at Microsoft’s CoreAI, as had Sharma. Other senior figures appointed around the same time, including David Schloss, Jonathan McKay, Tim Allen and Evan Chaki, were reportedly still at Xbox.
- Xbox engineering VP Jared Palmer leaves after about two months.
- He has joined AI company Cognition to lead engineering.
- The departure follows Xbox leadership changes and cuts.
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Xbox is Microsoft's video games division, covering its consoles, its Game Pass subscription service, and a stable of game studios it owns. Asha Sharma became chief executive of Xbox relatively recently, and part of her role has involved shaping the leadership team around her, including hiring new executives to help run the business.
One such executive, brought in by Sharma only around two months ago, has now left the company. No details have yet been made public about who this person is, what their job involved, or why they departed so soon after joining.
Executive turnover at a major division of a company like Microsoft is often watched closely because it can hint at internal strategy shifts or friction, though a single departure does not necessarily indicate a wider problem. With so few facts confirmed so far, it is not yet possible to say what this exit means for Xbox or for Sharma's leadership.
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Originally published by GamesRadar+ as “Xbox loses new exec that CEO Asha Sharma appointed just 2 months ago”.