Huddleston is going on family leave, Microsoft has confirmed to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. In his place, Gavriella Schuster, who previously reported to Huddleston for worldwide channels and programs, according to a separate report by Redmond Channel Partner. It's not clear if or when Huddleston will return to Microsoft.
Huddleston previously spent time at both Salesforce and Oracle before joining Microsoft in June of 2016. At Microsoft, Huddleston headed up the launch of the One Commercial partner group{.nofollow} as a way to establish and bolster partnerships with enterprise and business customers.
Gavriella Schuster, Huddleston's reported replacement, has been with Microsoft since 1995 and currently serves as Corporate Vice President of Commercial Partner Channels and Programs. Schuster has also done work with Windows, Cloud and Enterprise, and partner organizations.
Huddleston's leave comes following a year of reorganization for Microsoft's sales teams, resulting in around 3,000 layoffs.
