Ted Kummert

Corporate Vice President, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft Corp.

Published: January 1, 2004 | Updated: February 8, 2006
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Security Standard Conference – September 6, 2006

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As corporate vice president of the Data Storage and Platform Division at Microsoft Corp., Ted Kummert leads an integrated product team that delivers application platform products as part of the Microsoft Server and Tools Business. Kummert’s key product responsibilities include Microsoft SQL Server, the company’s solution for enterprise data management and analysis, as well as Microsoft cluster, file and systems storage technologies.

Most recently, Kummert served as corporate vice president of the Security, Access and Solutions Division (SASD), an integrated product division responsible products and services including Windows Server Terminal Services, the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Microsoft Forefront Server Security for Exchange and Microsoft Small Business Server.

Before leading SASD, Kummert served as corporate vice president of the Business Process and Integration (BPI) Division, where he was responsible for Microsoft’s BPI products, including Microsoft BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server. In this role, he drove business strategy and product development to address customer needs in the areas of business-to business integration, business process automation, legacy application integration and e-commerce.

Prior to leading the BPI Division, Kummert was a corporate vice president in MSN, responsible for the MSN subscription businesses, including MSN Internet Access, MSN TV service and MSN software subscription offerings. In this role he was responsible for product development and business strategy, including the development of MSN 8 and MSN 9, and development of the MSN subscription platform and Microsoft’s consumer applications for personal finance and digital imaging.

Since joining Microsoft in 1989, Kummert has also held various other positions in product development, starting with the Windows NT operating system, and spent several years working on operating system technology for interactive TV systems, the Windows CE operating system and numerous consumer device products. Before coming to Microsoft, Kummert worked at HP and Apple Computer Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three sons.


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