As director for MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises, Peter Ollodart is responsible for this companion enterprise service that extends Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2003 to the 100 million strong Microsoft Messaging Network. He oversees and is a member of the management team that is tasked with communications services from MSN that will enhance productivity and enable the enterprise communication platform and Microsoft's overall vision to make anytime, anyplace communication a reality.

Ollodart began his Microsoft career in 1997 as a SQL Server technical marketing evangelist for Microsoft. Between 1999 through 2001, he moved to marketing and managed the partner programs for Windows and the launch of Windows 2000. Since 2002, Peter has worked in the MSN Communications product group creating new businesses for MSN. Before joining Microsoft, Peter held technical and business positions with Digital Equipment Corp in Zuerich, Switzerland for 8 years. Peter also worked as a managing analyst for Datapro for 3 years, a small analyst firm then owned by McGraw-Hill. Ollodart is fluent in German and lives with his wife Susan in Seattle with their two children.