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Adobe Systems Promotes Two Key Application Products Division Executives; Adobe Veterans Add Strength to Management Team.


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1995--Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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:ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced two promotions in its Application Products Division. Linda Clarke is vice president of marketing and Paul Anderson is vice president of Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region.  operations. Both executives report to David Pratt David Pratt is the name of several people:
  • David Pratt (Canadian politician)
  • David Pratt (Canadian broadcaster)
  • David Pratt (journalist)
  • David Pratt (footballer)
, senior vice president and general manager of the company's Application Products Division.

"I am very pleased to announce these well-deserved promotions," said Pratt. "Linda has been instrumental in establishing Adobe's marketing presence for the last five years, and played a key role during our recent acquisition of Aldus. Paul is an Asian operations expert, having co-founded our Japanese subsidiary several years ago, as well as effectively managing our Pacific Rim operations in Mountain View for the last two years."

Clarke came to Adobe in 1990 as director of marketing for the Application Products Division. Prior to joining Adobe, Clarke was a vice president with Franson & Associates, a high-technology public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  agency for five years. Before her stint with Franson & Associates, Clarke held consulting positions with General Electric's Corporate Marketing Consulting Operation from 1980 until 1984. Clarke began her career at Benton & Bowles, a consumer advertising agency in 1978. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (flagship campus)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Illinois at Springfield
  • University of Illinois system
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 and holds a B.S. degree in advertising and M.S. degree in marketing.

Paul Anderson has managed Pacific Rim operations for Adobe's Application Products Division since 1993. He joined Adobe in 1988 and co-founded the company's Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo, spending five years there as general manager of Adobe's application products business. Before joining Adobe, Anderson was a corporate attorney with the law firm of Ware & Freidenrich (now Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich) of Palo Alto, Calif. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. .

Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see .
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer and publishing suppliers and markets a line of applications software and type products for authoring visually rich documents. Additionally, the company markets a line of powerful, but easy to use products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million.

CONTACT: Adobe Systems Inc.

Carol Sacks, 415/962-4989 or http://www.adobe.com/
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