Adobe Systems Biographies

	Person	John Loiacono
	Title	Senior Vice President, Creative Solutions Business Unit
	Bio	As senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit John Loiacono has responsibility for the development, delivery and marketing of Adobe’s entire creative software portfolio, including flagship brands such as Adobe® Creative Suite, Macromedia® Studio®, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Premiere Pro®, Macromedia Flash® and Macromedia Dreamweaver®. Prior to joining Adobe, Loiacono served as executive vice president of software at Sun Microsystems with responsibility for software technologies including the Solaris operating system, Java, Java Enterprise System suites, Java developer tools and Star Office. During his 19 years at Sun he also served as general manager of Sun’s operating platform group, as well as chief marketing officer. He also held positions in brand marketing and commercial sales. Loiacono joined Sun in 1987 and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Fresno State University.
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	Title German	Senior Vice President, Creative Solutions Business Unit
	Bio German	Als Senior Vice President des Geschäftsbereichs Creative Solutions bei Adobe ist John Loiacono für die Produktentwicklung und das Marketing der Kreativlösungen von Adobe zuständig. Dazu zählen die Marken Adobe® Creative Suite, Macromedia® Studio®, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Premiere Pro®, Macromedia Flash® und Macromedia Dreamweaver®. Vor seinem Wechsel zu Adobe war Loiacono bei Sun Microsystems als Executive Vice President im Bereich Software tätig. In dieser Position zeichnete er für Technologien wie das Solaris-Betriebssystem, Java, die Java Enterprise System Suites, Star Office und die Werkzeuge für Java-Entwickler verantwortlich. Während seiner 19-jährigen Firmenzugehörigkeit war er zudem Geschäftsführer der Operating Platform Group sowie Chief Marketing Officer. Außerdem hatte er Positionen im Brand Marketing und im Vertrieb inne. Bevor Loiacono 1987 seine Tätigkeit bei Sun aufnahm, schloss er sein Studium im Fach Kommunikationswissenschaften an der Fresno State University mit dem Bachelor-Titel ab.


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