Google reached back to Michigan to find the next person to head up its operations in the Great Lakes State.

University of Michigan alum Mike Miller has been tapped to take over the AdWords division, which is based in downtown Ann Arbor. The Grosse Pointe native and University of Detroit Jesuit High School grad worked at Cisco before joining Google in 2006 where he has served in the leadership of the Internet search engine's online sales and operations.

He currently serves as the Vertical Lead of the AdWords TechB2B team and the lead of the Customer Development team. Since joining Google in 2006 Mike has served on the Agency leadership team, and he helped form and lead AdWords’ Retail team, serving as its first Vertical Lead.

Miller plans to move back to Ann Arbor with his wife, Betsy. His designs for the Ann Arbor office and its continued expansion are unclear. Julie Currie, a spokeswoman for Google, said his schedule didn't permit time for a phone interview, but you can see what he said (and didn't say) about the Ann Arbor office to another publication here.

Source: Julie Currie, spokeswoman for Google
Writer: Jon Zemke