Wednesday, October 05, 2005

WSJ.com - Adobe Announces Mgmt Changes Ahead Of Merger

WSJ.com - Adobe Announces Mgmt Changes Ahead Of Merger: "Joining Adobe will be Macromedia Chief Executive Stephen Elop; Chief Software Architect Kevin Lynch; Tom Hale, manager of Macromedia's Breeze Web conferencing product; David Mendels, who runs the Web development and presentation tools product lines Flash, Flex, and Dreamweaver; and Al Ramadan, who oversees Macromedia's efforts to penetrate the mobile handset and PDA markets.
Elop will be president of worldwide field operations - an appointment that Adobe had earlier signaled. Lynch will become Adobe's chief software architect. He will fill that role along with Adobe's current Chief Software Architect Tom Malloy, who will focus more on advanced technologies, while Lynch will concentrate on the technology platform and delivery methods.
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Adobe also said in the SEC filing that three of its current management team - Theresa Townsley, senior vice president of human resources; Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of the digital imaging and video business unit; and Ivan Koon, senior vice president of the intelligent documents business unit - will resign.
Townsley, a veteran of Adobe since 1988, and Lamkin, who has been with the company since 1992, are leaving to spend more time with their families, while Koon is leaving to explore possibilities outside the company, Adobe's Warner said."

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