Adobe Names New Chief Financial Officer.Former EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Executive Mark Garrett to Join Adobe Executive Team SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced Mark Garrett has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Garrett served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of EMC Software Group within EMC Corporation. Garrett brings more than 25 years of financial management experience in the technology sector. Prior to EMC, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Documentum, where he was instrumental in its rapid growth and ultimate sale to EMC. After the acquisition, he managed the financial operations of EMC's multi-billion dollar software group. Prior to Documentum and EMC, Garrett was chief financial officer for Marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a and two privately-held startup companies. Prior to that, he held a variety of financial management positions with Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. . Garrett spent the first 12 years of his career at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) in a variety of financial positions with responsibility for financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against , accounting and pricing analysis. Garrett holds a master's degree in business administration from Marist College in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and a bachelor's degree in accounting and marketing from Boston University. Reporting to Adobe Chief Executive Officer Bruce Chizen, Garrett will start Feb. 1, 2007, assuming responsibility for the company's finance, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , information services, purchasing, facilities, global supply chain management and order management operations. "Mark brings a wealth of expertise in all aspects of finance, including extensive experience with rapidly growing software companies," said Chizen. "His strong experience, combined with his hands-on knowledge of the software industry will be an important addition to Adobe's executive management team and we look forward to his financial leadership." About Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information -- anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com. [c] 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and the Adobe logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner. |
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