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Simon Hayhurst
Senior Director of Product Management – Adobe
Simon Hayhurst is the Senior Director of Product Management
for Dynamic Media at Adobe Systems. In this role, Simon is
responsible for the strategy and overall product direction for
Adobe video and audio products including Adobe Production
Premium CS4, Adobe After Effects ® CS4 Professional, Adobe
Premiere ® Pro CS4, Adobe Audition ® CS4, and Adobe
Soundbooth CS4.
Prior to joining Adobe, Hayhurst spent 10 years at Silicon
Graphics where he focused on visualization and digital
media culminating in product management and marketing
responsibility for all visualization products. Prior to his
management and business positions, Hayhurst held roles
in technical marketing, core engineering and engineering
management at Silicon Graphics and IBM in the fields of
visualization, digital media and video conferencing.
Hayhurst holds a Bachelors and Masters in Engineering
(Electrical and Information Sciences) from Cambridge
University and an MBA from Wharton. In addition, Hayhurst
is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IEE (English
equivalent of MIEEE), and holds numerous patents in
visualization. Hayhurst is an accomplished presenter,
having spoken at many industry forums over the
past 10 years.
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