Steven Heintz

Steven Heintz

Product Management at Adobe Systems

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Director of Product Management and Product Marketing at Wind River Systems
  • New Product Development at SilverShore Technology Partners
  • Founder / President at Adia Corp. (Ann Arbor, Michigan based SaaS)
Education
  • University of Michigan
Connections
374 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Steven Heintz’s Summary

Developer Tools, Web Technologies, and Mobile/Device Software

Founded an early Software as a Service (SaaS) provider in 1997, and led the company to an acquisition by Netsmart Technologies (Nasdaq: NTST) in 2003.

1997 - Visual Studio Product Team at Microsoft Corp in Redmond, WA

Steven Heintz’s Specialties:

Product Management and Product Marketing, Engineering Management, Technology Business Development, Developer Tools, Web 2.0, Flex, Flash, Embedded / device software.


Steven Heintz’s Experience

  • Group Product Manager, Flash Platform Tools

    Adobe Systems Inc.

    (Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

    February 2007Present (2 years 10 months)

    Lead Product Management for Adobe Flash Catalyst and Adobe Flash Builder. (formerly: Flex Builder)

    Pitched the early concept and founded the the Flash Catalyst 1.0 product team (originally codenamed "Thermo"). Flash Catalyst is a Professional interaction design tool for next-generation user interfaces and experiences.

  • Director of Product Management and Product Marketing

    Wind River Systems

    (Public Company; WIND; Computer Software industry)

    July 2005February 2007 (1 year 8 months)

    (Now a part of Intel Corp.)

    Responsible for the developer tools product line

    Managed a team of seven senior product management and product marketing professionals.

  • New Product Development

    SilverShore Technology Partners

    (Computer Hardware industry)

    June 2003July 2005 (2 years 2 months)

    Venture Capital and Product Incubation

  • Founder / President

    Adia Corp. (Ann Arbor, Michigan based SaaS)

    (Internet industry)

    September 1997June 2003 (5 years 10 months)

    CRM and Healthcare focused Software as a Service provider (SaaS)
    - Managed a team of 12 software developers, project managers, sales and support staff.
    - Led company to an acquisition by Netsmart Technologies (Nasdaq: NTST) in 2003, (Company then went private in 2007 - transaction lead by Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer and Salmon River Capital.)
    - Generated over 1,400% return to original investors.
    - Founded and Incubated NetPOS.com, a Touchscreen, Internet Browser based Point-of-Sale system for restaurant and retail chains.

  • Software Design Engineer in Test

    Microsoft Corp

    (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    19971997 (less than a year)

    Visual Studio / Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Product Team - Redmond, WA (Intern)


Steven Heintz’s Education

  • University of Michigan

    Computer Science & Engineering / Business Administration


Additional Information

Steven Heintz’s Websites:

Steven Heintz’s Interests:

Developer Tools, Web Technologies, Mobile/Embedded Devices, Adobe Flex, ASP.NET, AJAX, Java, Flash, User Interface Design, Thermo

Steven Heintz’s Groups:

Society for Information Display (SID)
Full Circle Fund
Young Entrepreneurs Organization
Executives Club of Chicago

  •    SVPMA
  •    Adobe Alumni
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Eclipse
  •    University of Michigan Alumni
  •    Adobe Flash Platform Developers
  •    Wind River
  •    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
  •    Flash Developers & Designers
  •    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees

Steven Heintz’s Honors:

"Technology Leaders of Michigan" - Crain's Detroit Business

2003 - Entrepreneur of the Year (Under 30) - Michigan Economic Development Council and Forbes Magazine

100 Emerging Business Leaders of Michigan - Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce

FastTrack Award - top revenue growth leader in software sector.


Steven Heintz’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
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