Dive Brief:

• Amazon executive Lisa Utzschneider has been tapped to become Yahoo’s senior vice president of sales for the Americas, where she’ll report directly to CEO Marissa Mayer.

• Utzschneider was Amazon’s vice president of global advertising sales and was with the company since 2008.

• Utzschneider was at Microsoft before joining Amazon.

Dive Insight:

After years of prodding, Amazon finally released its report on the makeup of its workforce, which turns out is 63% male and 37% female. Management is 75% male and 25% female. This move by Lisa Utzschneider could ding Amazon’s diversity profile even more.

Meanwhile, unlike Amazon, which is struggling a bit and under pressure to improve its bottom line, Yahoo is flush with cash from its Alibaba IPO windfall. Look for more top talent and interesting startups to head Yahoo’s way.