Parallels’ Marketing Director Ben Rudolph Moves To Microsoft (Updated)

Benjamin Rudolph, the charismatic Director of Marketing at Parallels (see the interview we had with him at VMworld Europe 2008), has apparently made the move to Redmond to help Microsoft with its forray into the virtualization arena, says Virtualization.info. Rudolph is still listed on several Parallels blogs and his LinkedIn profile still displays his position at Parallels, so this is a very recent development. We’ll update as soon as we can confirm what Rudolph’s plans are for the future.

Update: we’ve just received word from Ben that he will be leaving Parallels at the end of this month. His role at Microsoft will be heading Enterprise PR for Windows Vista.

Jenny Ellis, who formerly managed PR for Parallels in the UK will be replacing Rudolph as Worldwide PR Director.