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Ted Kummert
Venture Partner
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Today: Ted joined Madrona in 2013 and brings his years of technical and operational leadership in enterprise technology to Madrona and the portfolio companies. As Venture Partner, Ted identifies new investments and provides strategic counsel and operational advice to Madrona portfolio companies.
Past Lives: Prior to Madrona, Ted drove major product and business initiatives for Microsoft for more than two decades. At Microsoft, Kummert led teams across a broad set of technologies, including operating systems, consumer online services, enterprise security and enterprise application platform. As Corporate Vice President of the Data Platform Group, Kummert led the development of several key Microsoft enterprise products including SQL Server, SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, Windows Azure Data Services and Microsoft's business intelligence and big data offerings. Widely known as the "data chief" of Microsoft, he led the data platform business through a period of significant growth and drove the cloud and big data strategy for the platform. Ted began his career at Apple and HP.
Extracurricular: When not working, Ted spends his time with his wife and three sons – which is challenging with two out of the house! He enjoys coaching and watching soccer, distance running and finding any opportunity to eat great food.
Education: Ted graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. Ted serves on the University of Washington School of Electrical Engineering Advisory Board, and is also on the board of the non profit, SeeYourImpact.org.
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Managing Directors
Tom Alberg
Paul Goodrich
Greg Gottesman
Scott Jacobson
Len Jordan
Matt McIlwain
Tim Porter
Investment Professionals
John Carpenter
George Huang
Tommy McMahon
Julie Sandler
Venture Partners
Oren Etzioni
Ted Kummert
Brian McAndrews
Dan Weld
Operations & Administration
Robin Andrulevich
Jennifer Chambers
Troy Cichos
Elise Hebb
Erika Shaffer
Strategic Directors
Jack Creighton
Gerald Grinstein
William D. Ruckelshaus
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