adobe systems inc (ADBE:NASDAQ GS)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Dr. John E. Warnock Co-Founded Adobe Systems Inc., in 1982 and served as Chief Technical Officer from December 2000 to March 2001. Mr. Warnock served as Chief Executive Officer at Adobe Systems Inc. from 1982 to December 2000 and its President from December 1982 to March 1989. Prior to founding Adobe, Mr. Warnock was principal scientist of the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center. Mr. Warnock held key positions at Evans & Sutherland ... Computer Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation, IBM, and the University of Utah. He has been the Chairman of Salon Media Group Inc. since December 7, 2006. He has been the Co-Chairman of Adobe Systems Inc. since April 1989. He served as the Chairman of Tech Museum of Innovation. Mr. Warnock has been an Independent Director of Knight Ridder Inc. since 2001. He has been Director of Adobe Systems Inc. since 1982 and of Salon Media Group Inc. since August 2001. He serves as a Director of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, MongoNet, Inc., Tech Museum of Innovation, ebrary, Inc., and Octavo Corporation. He serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of American Film Institute and Folger Shakespeare Library. He served as aDirector of Netscape Communications Corp. since April 1995. He served as a Director of Red Brick Systems, Inc. since April 1991. He serves on the Entrepreneurial Board Advisory Committee of American Film Institute. For three decades, Mr. Warnock has been respected as an innovator in the field of computer software. He holds six patents, has contributed many articles to both technical journals and industry magazines, and is a frequent speaker on critical issues in the computer and publishing industries. Mr. Warnock's entrepreneurial success has been chronicled by some of the country's most influential business and computer industry publications, and he has received numerous awards for technical and managerial achievement. A partial list of awards includes: Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young, Merrill Lynch, and Inc. Magazine; Cary Award from Rochester Institute of Technology; Lifetime Achievement Award for Technical Excellence from PC Magazine; University of Utah Distinguished Alumnus Award; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software Systems Award; Award for Technical Excellence from the National Graphics Association; and the first Rhode Island School of Design Distinguished Service to Art and Design International Award. In 1998, Mr. Warnock also received the Corporate Outstanding Achievement Award from the Rhode Island School of Design. Mr. Warnock is a distinguished member of the National Academy of Engineering and in November 1998 was inducted into the Computer Reseller News Hall of Fame as one of the "Ten Revolutionaries of Computing." In 1999, Mr. Warnock was inducted as an ACM fellow and in 2000 was ranked the seventh most influential graphics person of the last millennium by Graphic Exchange magazine, and also was inducted into the Utah Information Technology Association. Mr. Warnock holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering (computer science), an M.S. in mathematics, a B.S. in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Utah in 1961, and an honorary degree in science from the University of Utah in 1997.

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