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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Adobe’s executive officers as of January 25, 2002 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Bruce R. Chizen ........................ 46 President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
Shantanu Narayen ...................... 38 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product
Marketing and Development
Murray J. Demo ........................ 40 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Jim Stephens .......................... 44 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales,
Customer Care and Field Marketing
A biography, including the principal occupations for the past five years of each of the executive
officers, is provided below.
Mr. Chizen joined Adobe 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. In April 2000, Mr. Chizen was
promoted to President of Adobe and in December 2000, he also became Adobe’s Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining Adobe, 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
Computer, Inc., a manufacturer of computers and software. Mr. Chizen is a member of the Boards of
Directors of Viewpoint Corporation and Synopsis, Inc.
Mr. Narayen joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President of Engineering and has held various
other positions as vice president and general manager of Adobe’s engineering technology group. He was
promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Product Development in January 1999 and Executive Vice
President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development in March 2001. Prior to joining Adobe,
Mr. Narayen co-founded Pictra Inc., a software internet company, in 1996. He was Director of Desktop
and Collaboration products at Silicon Graphics Inc. and held various senior manager positions at Apple
Computer Inc. before founding Pictra.
Mr. Demo joined Adobe in August 1996 as the Director of Operations Finance. In July 1998 he was
promoted to Corporate Controller. In October 1999, he was promoted to Vice President and Corporate
Controller and in June 2000 was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to
joining Adobe, Mr. Demo was the Director of Finance for Miller Freeman, Inc, a division of United
News & Media, London, England from June 1993 to July 1996. Prior to Miller Freeman, Inc., Mr. Demo
held a variety of senior finance and business development positions at First Financial Management,
Visionary Corporate Technologies, and Hughes Electronics.
Mr. Stephens joined Adobe in February 1990 and held various senior management positions in sales
and marketing for Adobe’s Printing System’s Division before joining the executive team in November 1997
as Vice President of Change Management. In June 1998, he was promoted to Vice President, Investor
Relations and in April 1999, Mr. Stephens was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Development. In
September 2000, Mr. Stephens was promoted to Senior Vice President, E-business Development, and in
October 2001, Mr. Stephens was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Customer Care and
Field Marketing. For ten years prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Stephens held sales and marketing
management positions at Dataproducts Corporation and Texas Instruments.
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