
Senior Manager Developer Communities at Adobe Systems
San Francisco Bay Area

Senior Manager Developer Communities at Adobe Systems
San Francisco Bay Area
Ted Patrick is a Sr. Manager for Developer Communities at Adobe Systems. He worked with Flash since FutureSplash Animator and watched its evolution from animation to application. Ted helped Macromedia/Adobe with the development of ActionScript 3, AVM2, ASC compiler, and Flash Player 9 for some 18 months prior to Flex 2’s release. Prior to joining Adobe in May 2006, he provided consulting services at PowerSDK Software and Cynergy Systems. Ted is a serial entrepreneur having successfully started-up 4 times and raised over 7 Million in VC funding for companies he founded. 3 companies have been successfully sold to other businesses and one was sold to a publicly traded company in 2001. Ted is actively involved in the Flex development community and works at Adobe to define the future of rich media.
Adobe Flex, Adobe Flash, ActionScript 3, Python, C#, Java, PHP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
I manage developer communities, events, and keynotes for the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. My team coordinates 400+ Adobe User Groups globally, organizes all content for Adobe MAX & Engage, and we work with the executives and partners to deliver an amazing keynote at both Adobe MAX and Engage.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 3 months)
I help developers and companies succeed using Adobe Flex. My role spans the Flex development community but also includes the tech peninsula from San Francisco to San Jose.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 8 months)
IFBIN Networks is a technical publishing business and provides high quality software examples for learning and reuse. Our team is currently building 2 subscription products, Flash(R) by Example and Flex(TM) by Example and launched network operations in August of 2005.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)
Provided Flex consulting services to Cynergy Systems focused on large enterprise customers. Additionally worked cross team to troubleshoot architectural/technical issues in development. Showcase project LifeCoach was a finalist at MAX 2005.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
May 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 5 months)
PowerSDK Software Corp. provides software consulting specializing in Macromedia(R) Flash and related technologies.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; WAVX; Computer Software industry)
May 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 3 months)
Created and managed development team for Ishophere.com. Sold company to Wave Systems Corp. NASDAQ:WAVX in 2001
BE , Engineering , July 1991 — May 1996
Diving(PADI DiveMaster), Golf(18)