Updated: June 22, 2009

As senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group (OBP) of the Microsoft Business Division, Kurt DelBene is responsible for the development of client and server products that collectively deliver to organizations a holistic platform for collaboration, communications, information sharing, and project management. Products in the OBP Group include Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Microsoft Project.

DelBene joined Microsoft in 1992 and has served in several roles in Microsoft's product development teams. Prior to his current role, DelBene was vice president of Authoring and Collaboration Services, responsible for the development of Office's document and Web-page authoring and collaboration products. He also served as the general manager of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft's messaging and personal-information-management application. He has also served as group program manager for Microsoft Exchange, responsible for the Microsoft Exchange client and Schedule+, and group manager in Microsoft's Systems Division, responsible for fax and embedded systems software.

Prior to joining Microsoft, DelBene was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, focusing on business strategy for technology companies. He has also worked as a software developer and systems engineer for AT & T Bell Laboratories, working in graphics and imaging software and network switching systems.

DelBene holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, a Master of Science from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona.

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Recent Speeches

SharePoint Conference 2008
March 3, 2008

Silicon Valley Speaker Series: "How the Use of SharePoint Technologies Can Increase Collaboration and Productivity"
Feb. 28, 2002

Microsoft Exchange Conference - 2001
Oct. 3, 2001