Nikesh Arora and Tim Armstrong were the two of the top sales leaders at Google when Armstrong was still on board.  Both of them would compete with each other on how well their sales organization was.  Armstrong was the head of U.S. sales and Arora was the head of Europe.  Since then Armstrong quit Google to become CEO and Chairman of AOL.

Now that Tim Armstrong is gone and Arora has stepped up as the President of Global Sales Ops and Business Development at Google, there has been some shuffling around.  Arora hired Dennis Woodside to replace Armstrong.  Woodside is a former analyst at McKinsey that has strength in analytics and data.

Here are some of the additional changes:
Company-Wide:
- The East, West, and Central sales organizations for Google AdWords will be dissolved and they will be focusing on vertical industries.
- Print related jobs will be eliminated and will be given the opportunity to apply for other jobs within the company.

Personnel:
- Penry Price has become VP of agency and industry relations.
- Jon McAteer will be responsible for retail and technology clients.
- Jim Lecinski is working with B2B, consumer-packaged goods businesses, local, and healthcare clients
- Bonita Stewart is responsible for automotive, financial, media, travel, and entertainment

[via BusinessInsider]

About two years ago, Google hired Matt Brittin from Trinity Mirror.  Now Brittin will be heading up Google’s entire UK operation.  Dennis Woodside, managing director of Google UK, Ireland, and Benelux will be replacing Tim Armstrong.  Armstrong is the former VP of Americas that is now taking the role of AOL CEO and Chairman.

Before we were speculating that Sukhinder Cassidy would replace Armstrong, but that is no longer the case.

Brittin was on the rowing team for Great Britain in 1988 for the Olympics and won several World Championship medals.  Brittin used to tbe the Director of Strategy and Digital when he was working there.  He worked closely with major advertising companies.

Mark Howe currently maintains Google UK’s ad agency and will be reporting directly to Brittin.  Brittin will be managing the UK while other managers will oversee Ireland and Benelux operations.

[via Guardian]