Dave Limp, head of Amazon devices and services who has been with the company for nearly 14 years has confirmed he is stepping down.

Dave Limp Leaving Amazon After 14 Years as Head of Devices & Services

Dave Limp, Amazon’s vice president of devices and services, who has been with the company for nearly 14 years, has confirmed his resignation, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Tuesday.

Jassy said Limp has decided to retire after nearly 14 years with Amazon and countless contributions to the company.

“Under Limp’s leadership, Amazon has become one of the world’s leading innovators in building devices and essential services that customers love. From Kindle readers to Fire TV to Alexa and Echo, over the past decade and a half, we’ve been able to develop and continuously improve experiences that help improve our customers’ lives every day,” Amazon CEO said.

Limp will continue in his role for the next few months, and the company will announce his successor in the coming weeks.

His departure comes as Amod reports that Amazon’s expensive investment in smart home devices has not paid off well.

Amazon has also cut nearly 27,000 roles as a cost-cutting measure amid the economic downturn.

Limp said in a blog post that after nearly 14 years, he has made the difficult decision to leave Amazon in a few months.

“The obvious question is why? It might be easier to explain why not. It’s not because of our team, this team is THAT good and some of them I’ve worked with for decades. You’re all masters of your craft,” said Limp.

“It’s not that I’m done with Amazon. It’s time. I’ve been doing a version of this job (building and delivering consumer electronics) on and off for over 30 years. I love it, but I also want to look at the future through a different lens,” Limp added.

Limp isn’t sure what that future is right now, “except that it’s not going to be in consumer electronics.”