Norrington joined Intuit three years ago with the intent to succeed Chief Executive Officer Steve Bennett. With Bennett's announcement last year to lead the company for an additional five years, Norrington has decided to leave Intuit to focus on pursuing a CEO position.

"Lorrie made significant contributions to Intuit in a number of areas over the last three years - growing our QuickBooks and Quicken businesses, rebuilding our outsourced payroll business and substantially improving the Intuit-branded small businesses," Bennett said. "Her strong leadership skills and business acumen have made a positive, lasting mark upon Intuit. We thank her for a terrific job and wish her well."