Article: MICROSOFT IS LOSING HIGH-RANKING WOMAN.(Business)

Microsoft Corp. yesterday said its highest-ranking female executive is retiring and announced that it has hired a former Coast Guard commander to advise the government on using information technology to improve domestic security.

Deborah Willingham, senior vice president for human resources and the company's highest-ranking female executive, will retire in February to pursue personal interests, said spokeswoman Stacy Drake.

The company is interviewing replacements for Willingham, 46 ((age)). Willingham, who has been at Microsoft for almost a decade, previously ran marketing for the Windows operating system and led the unit that sells Microsoft products ...

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