Trying to find an exact replica of an outgoing manager or worker can be a mistake. What works now or worked in the past may be useless in the future. Though hesitant to speak at length about Microsoft 's latest executive moves (Microsoft is a client of Carnegie), Handal said incoming CEO Satya Nadella's experience in cloud computing shows the company board had an eye on the future. "They also are bringing Bill Gates back to be his advisor. Clearly the board thinks that their product is an issue that they really need to be addressing. So their picking a person and setting up a structure that is really going to focus on the product."