Product Management at Adobe Systems
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
-
- Group Product Manager, Flash Platform Tools at Adobe Systems Inc.
- 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)
- Software Design Engineer in Test at Microsoft Corp
- 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 2007 — Present (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 2005 — February 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 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 2 months)
Venture Capital and Product Incubation
-
Founder / President
Adia Corp. (Ann Arbor, Michigan based SaaS)
(Internet industry)
September 1997 — June 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)
1997 — 1997 (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
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
