Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft's former Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:

Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft’s former Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers  —  Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.’s product chief to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers, according to people familiar with the situation.