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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Adobe’s executive officers as of January 31, 2003 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Bruce R. Chizen 47 President and Chief Executive Officer
Shantanu Narayen 39 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Products
Karen O. Cottle 53 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Murray J. Demo 41 Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Jim Stephens 45 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and
Field Operations
Bryan Lamkin 42 Senior Vice President, Digital Imaging and Video
Business Unit
Melissa Dyrdahl 45 Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and
Communications
Theresa Townsley 44 Senior Vice President, Human Resources
James Heeger 46 Senior Vice President, Creative Professional
Business Unit
Ivan Koon 45 Senior Vice President, ePaper Business Unit
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 and joined the Adobe Board of Directors on December 2000.
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 Board of Directors of
Synopsys, Inc.
Mr. Narayen joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of Adobe’s engineering
technology group. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products in January 1999 and to
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.
Ms. Cottle joined Adobe in February 2002 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to
joining Adobe, Ms. Cottle served as General Counsel for Vitria Technology, Inc. from February 2000 to February
2002. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Cottle served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Raychem
Corporation and from 1986 to 1996 as Division Counsel of Raychem Corporation. Prior to that, Ms. Cottle was a
partner in Farella, Braun and Martel in San Francisco, California.