Google Still Shuffling Sales Force: “Self-Serve” Exec David Fischer Steps Aside
by Peter Kafka
Posted on September 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM PT
Five months after Google (GOOG) sales boss Tim Armstrong left for Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL, his old company is still reshaping its sales group. The latest move: David Fischer, who ran the company’s core self-serve ad business, is going on sabbatical later this month and will return to a different post.
In a memo first published by Silicon Alley Insider, newish sales boss Nikesh Arora says he hasn’t found a successor for Fischer and will step into his shoes in the meantime.
There has been a steady stream of Googlers heading out of the company’s sales group. But while Fischer isn’t technically leaving, his move is still a big one: He was a well-regarded executive in a high-profile spot, formerly occupied by Sheryl Sandberg, who is now Facebook’s COO.
