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As corporate vice president of the Security, Access and Solutions Division (SASD) for the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, Ted Kummert leads an integrated product division responsible for three key areas: security products, to help customers protect their business assets; access products, to offer customers more secure access to software; and Windows Server solutions, to provide small-business customers with a more integrated infrastructure. He is responsible for products and services including Windows Server Terminal Services, the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Microsoft Antigen for Exchange and Microsoft Small Business Server.
Most recently, 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.
Before leading the BPI Division, Kummert was a corporate vice president for 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. | 