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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The executive officers of the Company as of February 16, 1999 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
John E. Warnock ...................... 58 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
Charles M. Geschke .................... 59 Chairman of the Board and President
Bruce Chizen ......................... 43 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Products
and Marketing
Frederick A. Snow ..................... 62 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field
Operations
Harold L. Covert ...................... 52 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Derek J. Gray ........................ 49 Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Adobe Systems Europe
Colleen M. Pouliot ..................... 40 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and
Secretary
A biography, including the principal occupations for the past five years of each of the executive
officers, is provided below.
Dr. Warnock was a founder of the Company and has been its Chairman of the Board since April 1989.
Since September 1997, he has shared the position of Chairman of the Board with Charles M. Geschke. He
has been Chief Executive Officer since 1982. Dr. Warnock received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from
the University of Utah.
Dr. Geschke was a founder of the Company and has been its President since April 1989. In
September 1997, Dr. Geschke assumed the position of Chairman of the Board, sharing that office with
Dr. Warnock. He was Chief Operating Officer from December 1986 until July 1994. Dr. Geschke received
a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Geschke is a director of Rambus
Incorporated.
Mr. Chizen joined the Company upon the closing of the acquisition of Aldus in August 1994 as Vice
President and General Manager, Consumer Products Division. In December 1997, he was promoted to
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Graphic Products Division, and in August 1998, Mr. Chizen
was promoted to Executive Vice President, Products and Marketing. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Chizen was Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Division of Aldus Corporation from
February 1994 to August 1994, and from November 1992 to February 1994, he was Vice President and
General Manager, Claris Clear Choice for Claris Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Com-
puter, Inc., a manufacturer of computers and software.
Mr. Snow joined the Company in February 1998 as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field
Operations. Mr. Snow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kenwood Management Group
from April 1997 until he joined the Company. From November 1995 to April 1997, Mr. Snow was
President and Chief Executive Officer of SoftWorld Services Corporation. Prior to that time, Mr. Snow
served as Senior Vice President of Sales of Tech Data Corporation.
Mr. Covert joined the Company in April 1998 as Vice President Finance and Operations for
Worldwide Field Operations. In August 1998, Mr. Covert was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. From July 1997 to April 1998, Mr. Covert was Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Philips Components NAFTA, an operating entity of Philips Electronic NV. From January 1991
to June 1997 Mr. Covert was a Partner in the firm of DHJ & Associates, Inc., Consultants and Certified
Public Accountants. During the last two and a half years of this period he acted in a full time capacity as
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