Nearly two months after losing Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh, Yahoo has promoted Chief Architect Raymie Stata to take his place, effective immediately.
Stata is charged with overseeing all of Yahoo's technologies and leading the technical strategy and direction of the company. However, Stata will not report to CEO Carol Bartz, but instead report to Chief Products Office (CPO) Blake Irving.
As Yahoo's chief architect, Stata drove the technology behind Yahoo Search and its advertising platform. He joined Yahoo in 2004 when he sold his company, Stata Lab, to the search giant.
Former CTO and EVP of Product Ari Balogh resigned in April for "personal reasons." Not long after, Yahoo hired former Microsoft executive Blake Irving as CPO.