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"The White House has named Microsoft's Kurt DelBene the point man in the government's quest to fix the much maligned healthcare.gov, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. DelBene is the president of Microsoft Office Division.\nProblems with President Obama's bug-ridden online insurance marketplace have dominated headlines concerning the Affordable Care Act, his administration's signature law, since the site went live on Oct. 1. The website has been dubbed inefficient and has proved unable to handle the amount of visitors it has had since the site's launch.\nSee also: Healthcare.gov Fails Website Development 101\nDelBene comes from the business side of Microsoft's operation, and according to his biography on the company's website, he oversees engineering and marketing for a host of products and services including Office, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Visio and more.\n\u201CKurt is a talented and capable executive, with a track record of successfully managing complex large-scale technology projects,\u201D said Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and chairman, in a quote on Microsoft's official blog. \u201CWorking with Kurt over many years, I know him to be a passionate advocate for using technology to solve difficult problems at scale.\u00A0 He brings deep expertise as a manager and engineer to his new responsibilities. I\u2019m certain he\u2019ll make an important positive contribution in his new role with HHS.\u201D\nHe will replace\u00A0Jeff Zients, the White House's director of the office of management and budget, who next year will lead the National Economic Council. Senators had praised Zients' work, according to\u00A0Politico, and last month wrote to the president to ask that he be quickly replaced by someone of equal skill.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nImage: Flickr, Microsoft PDC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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