FILE PHOTO: Panos Panay demonstrates the Microsoft Surface Studio computer at a live event in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S.,October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
(Reuters) -Former Microsoft product chief Panos Panay will lead Amazon.com's struggling unit responsible for the firm's Alexa and Echo products.
Panay, who was with Microsoft for more than 19 years and helmed the creation of the Surface line of computers, will take up the new role in October, Amazon said on Wednesday.
