Peter van der Zouwe has worked in the IT Industry for 16 years. He has worked for Dell Computer in a variety of Sales and International Product Marketing roles, and for the past 9 years has worked for Microsoft. Peter started with Microsoft New Zealand as a business development manager working with Internet Start up’s and Web Developers and since then has worked in a variety of Business Development, Sales and Management positions. Peter spent 5 years working for the Microsoft Communication Sector team including 2 years as the NZ Team Lead. He has also managed Enterprise Sales Teams that cover a wide variety of industries including Financial Services, Public Sector, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Transportation and Forestry. Peter currently works for the Microsoft Canada Developer and Platform Group and manages a team of Architects and Partner Technical Advisors. Peter also has a lot of international business experience having worked in Australia, Ireland, the UK, New Zealand (his home country) and now Canada. In addition to Peter’s passion for technology, he also enjoys helping new entrants to the Software economy.