oversee, tap (appoint), rinky-dink,

Microsoft Taps Co-President

Elop Will Head
Business Division,
Succeeding Raikes

By ROBERT A. GUTH

Microsoft Corp. has hired the chief operating officer of networking equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. to replace co-President Jeff Raikes, a longtime Microsoft executive who is resigning from the company.

The Redmond, Wash., software maker said Stephen Elop, 44 years old, will join Microsoft at the end of January as president of its business division. He will be one of three executives who hold the title of president, joining Robbie Bach, president of the company's entertainment and devices division, and Kevin Johnson, president of its platforms and services division.

Mr. Raikes, 49, oversees the business division, Microsoft's second-largest unit, including its Office software applications. He will serve as a member of Microsoft's management team, guiding strategy until he departs in September, the company said.

Mr. Elop served as operations chief at Juniper for a year following a long stint at software maker Macromedia, where he was president and chief executive when Adobe Systems Inc. bought that company in 2005. At Adobe, Mr. Elop became president of world-wide field operations, a sales job



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People certainly aren't about to leave their team for a rinky-dink consideration like a little more salary.



tap
To select, as for membership in an organization; designate. See synonyms at appoint.

rinky-dink 
adjective US INFORMAL
having little importance or influence, or old-fashioned or of poor quality:

Their family business is a rinky-dink operation.

(By Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post)
oversee
verb [T] overseeing, oversaw, overseen
to watch or organize a job or an activity to make certain that it is being done correctly:
As marketing manager, her job is to oversee all the company's advertising.

overseer
noun [C] MAINLY OLD USE
a person whose job it is to make certain that employees are working or that an activity is being done correctly