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Google Still Shuffling Sales Force: “Self-Serve” Exec David Fischer Steps Aside

Five months after Google (GOOG) sales boss Tim Armstrong left for Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL, his old company is still reshaping its sales group. The latest move: David Fischer, who ran the company’s core self-serve ad business, is going on sabbatical later this month and will return to a different post.

In a memo first published by Silicon Alley Insider, newish sales boss Nikesh Arora says he hasn’t found a successor for Fischer and will step into his shoes in the meantime.

There has been a steady stream of Googlers heading out of the company’s sales group. But while Fischer isn’t technically leaving, his move is still a big one: He was a well-regarded executive in a high-profile spot, formerly occupied by Sheryl Sandberg, who is now Facebook’s COO.

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