Bruce Chizen

Bruce Chizen

Bruce R. Chizen was the chief executive officer of Adobe Systems, based in San Jose, California. Chizen lives in Los Altos, California with his wife and children.

Career

From 1980 to 1983, he worked in Mattel Electronics' merchandising group, helping it grow into a US$500 million business. In 1983, Chizen joined Microsoft as the company's eastern region sales director. In 1987, he joined Claris as a founding senior manager and later held positions as vice president of sales and of worldwide marketing before becoming vice president and general manager of "Claris Clear Choice".Chizen holds a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College received in 1978, City University of New York. He serves on the boards of Synopsys and the [http://www.svefoundation.org Silicon Valley Education Foundation]

Resignation

On November 12, 2007, Adobe Systems announced in a press release that Bruce Chizen would step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, to be replaced by Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's current president and Chief Operating Officer. Bruce Chizen is expected to serve out his term on Adobe's Board of Directors, and then continue in a strategic advisory role until the end of Adobe's 2008 fiscal year. [cite web |url=http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200711/111207NarayenNamedCEO.html |title=Adobe Names Shantanu Narayen Chief Executive Officer |accessdate=2007-11-12 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=Adobe |pages= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

References

External links

* [http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/11/chizen/index.php Bruce Chizen's legacy]
* [http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/executivebios/brucechizen.html Adobe - Executive Profiles - Bruce Chizen]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1572017,00.asp PCMag Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen interview]


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