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As corporate vice president of the Office Business Platform 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, information sharing and business applications. Products in the OBP Group include Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
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. | 