Adrian Ludwig

Current

• Group Manager, Flash Platform Product Marketing at Adobe Systems

Past

• Group Product Marketing Manager, Adobe AIR at Adobe Systems
• Sr. Manager, Secure Software Engineering at Adobe
• Manager, Product Security at Macromedia

• Managing Security Architect at @stake
• Technical Lead at Department of Defense

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
• Williams College

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Industry

Computer Software

Adrian Ludwig’s Summary

Tackle the hardest problem around.

Adrian Ludwig’s Specialties:

Things I use every day: software platform strategy and marketing; defining 1.0 Products and services; security-related communications and PR; secure software development; calm listening

Some more technical skills that I lean on from time to time... Flex, ActionScript 3, and Java programming; C/C++ (esp. Win 32), Public Key and Symmetric Key Cryptography; X86 Assembler; Windows application reverse engineering; shellcode;

Adrian Ludwig’s Experience

• Group Manager, Flash Platform Product Marketing

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Behind the scenes, Adrian leads the team responsible for GTM strategy and delivery for Adobe AIR, Flash Player, Flash Lite, and Flash for the Digital Home.
  
  Here are some samples of his recent work in front of the camera:
  HTC Hero Launch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLOndllpUM
  
  Flash Platform + Facebook : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/articles/video_facebookapi_announce.html

• Group Product Marketing Manager, Adobe AIR

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — January 2009 (2 years )

  Adrian managed the team responsible for all marketing and outbound communication for Adobe AIR 1.0 -- including GTM strategy, product messaging, analyst and press communications, partner co-marketing, field enablement, developer marketing, web content, and the "Engage 2008" launch event. Adrian also collaborated with Adobe executives in the creation of keynote presentations and demonstrations for industry events including Adobe MAX and Web 2.0.
  
  One of Adobe's most important strategic opportunities, Adobe AIR has won numerous industry awards and recognition, including:
  
  Best of What's New '08 - Popular Science
  Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2008 - MIT Technology Review
  Webware 100 Winner 2009

• Sr. Manager, Secure Software Engineering

  Adobe

  (Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  December 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  Adrian founded and managed the Secure Software Engineering Team at Adobe. The cross-functional team integrated secure development practices into the Adobe Product Lifecycle and now provides engineering consulting services to the Adobe product teams, manages vulnerability incident response, and ensures compliance with industry best practices for secure software development.

• Manager, Product Security

  Macromedia

  (Public Company; MACR; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — December 2005 (2 years )

  Adrian founded and managed the Product Security Team at Macromedia. The cross-functional team provided engineering consulting services to the Adobe product teams, managed vulnerability incident response, and established compliance with industry best practices for secure software development.

• Managing Security Architect

  @stake

  (Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Adrian managed world-wide teams of consultants providing technical and strategic consulting services to leading software and financial services companies. Adrian also founded the Digital Rights Management practice for @stake and was co-founder of the Electronic Voting practice.

• Technical Lead

  Department of Defense

  (Government Agency; NSA; Computer & Network Security industry)

  September 1995 — July 2002 (6 years 11 months)