Nat Friedman, CEO of GitHub, resigns; Julia Liuson is named President of Microsoft Developer Division

Nat Friedman is stepping down as the CEO of Microsoft-owned developer community and code repository GitHub. HeҬl be replaced by Thomas Dohmke, GitHubҳ chief product officer, effective Nov. 15. Friedman will be chairman emeritus of GitHub, and the company said heҬl be returning to the startup world. The announcement comes three years after Microsoft completed its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub and named Friedman CEO. Friedman had originally joined in 2016 as part of its acquisition of Xamarin, the mobile app development platform. As part of the changes, Microsoft said itҳ promoting Julia Liuson, a 29-year veteran of the company,ŠRead More