Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox Live, speaks about the technology behind Microsoft's Xbox One during a press event in Redmond

Microsoft announced today the impending departure of Chief Product Officer and Corporate Vice President of Xbox Marc Whitten. Marc has been with Microsoft since 2000, and has been on the team through all three Xbox console generations. You may know him from his appearances on the stage at E3, the frequent newsbits he dropped, or more recently from his Xbox Wire post about the most recent system update, which introduced a slew of new social features to the Xbox One. Marc will be moving on to become the Chief Product Office at Sonos, a company best known for its wireless audio tech.

But hey, it’s not all sad news. According to the release, “You can continue to play with Marc on Xbox Live under the gamertag notwen.”

Congrats, Marc, and good luck.