Santanu Narayen Biography

Narayen is in charge of the company's day-to-day operations around the globe, as well as all product research and development, corporate strategy and investment, and corporate and product marketing. She also determines Adobe's long-term market plans. In 2005, Narayen and CEO Bruce Chizen oversaw the $3.4 billion purchase of Macromedia, Inc. This expansion of Adobe's software platform and solutions strengthened the company's position in essential areas, including businesses and vertical industries, mobile devices, and multimedia publishing. Narayen led Adobe's successful entry into the enterprise sector while serving as executive vice president of worldwide products before being elected president and COO in January 2005. He oversaw Adobe's initiatives to provide more unified solutions across product lines while serving in that capacity. He successfully expanded the company's primary product lines to new markets. Before this, he held important positions in product research and development, including senior vice president of global product development and vice president and general manager of Adobe's engineering technology department. Narayen co-founded Pictra, Inc., an early leader in digital photo sharing via the Internet, before joining Adobe in 1998. He formerly held senior executive roles at Apple Computer, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc., where he was director of desktop and collaboration products. Narayen is a regular speaker at professional and scholarly gatherings and owns five patents. He is a Haas School of Business Advisory Board member at the University of California, Berkeley. Narayen graduated from Osmania University in India with a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering. He also holds master's degrees in computer science from Bowling Green State University and business administration from the Haas School of Business.

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