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24
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Adobe’s executive officers as of January 21, 2005 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
Bruce R. Chizen 49 Chief Executive Officer
Shantanu Narayen 41 President and Chief Operating Officer
John D. Brennan 40 Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Karen O. Cottle 55 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Murray J. Demo 43 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Dyrdahl 47 Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and
Communications
James Heeger 48 Senior Vice President, Creative Professional
Business Unit
Ivan Koon 47 Senior Vice President, Intelligent Documents
Business Unit
Bryan Lamkin 44 Senior Vice President, Digital Imaging and Video
Business Unit
Jim Stephens 47 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and
Field Operations
Theresa Townsley 46 Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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 in December 2000.
In January 2005, Mr. Chizen relinquished the title of President, but remains as Adobe’s Chief Executive Officer and
a member of Adobe’s Board of Directors. 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. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products and in March
2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development. In January
2005, Mr. Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr.
Narayen co-founded Pictra Inc., a digital photo sharing software 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. Brennan joined Adobe in July 2004 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining
Adobe, Mr. Brennan was Senior Vice President of Small and Medium Business Operations of Hewlett-Packard
Company from August 2003 to June 2004 and from July 2000 to August 2003 he led Hewlett-Packard’s corporate