- Rob Burgess
Rob Burgess was chairman and CEO of
Macromedia until it was acquired byAdobe Systems for $3.4 billion in a transaction which closed on December 5, 2005 [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18cnd-adobe.html?ex=1271476800&en=30c9d4c754217392&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] . Under Burgess' tenure, starting in 1996, he led the company's transformation from a CD-ROM based multimedia company to a prominent market position in web authoring and development solutions. While he was chairman and CEO, the vector animation product Flash become a pervasive multimedia platform, available on 98% of browsers worldwide [http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/] . Prior to joining Macromedia, Burgess worked extensively in the field of high-performance computer graphics, spending years in key executive posts atSilicon Graphics , and as CEO ofAlias Research Burgess graduated from
McMaster University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1979.----
Adobe Acquires Macromedia [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18cnd-adobe.html?ex=1271476800&en=30c9d4c754217392&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss]
[http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Browser Adoption: Millward Brown Study Mar. 2008]
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