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ANDREW COVEN
acoven@appliedmedia.com
Professional Highlights:
Development
Nov 2007-present Director of Engineering, Photoshop. Adobe Systems, CA.
Aug 2000-Oct 2001 Senior Engineering Manager, Worldwide Partner Technologies. Adobe Systems, CA.
1994-1998 Chief Technical Officer, web banner advertising agency. First Exposure, CA.
Video/Multimedia
2004-present Member, Board of Directors. Autovod, TX.
1990-1996 Associate Professor, San Francisco State University. Taught Introduction to Television Production, Electronic Field Production, Advanced Videotape Editing, Advanced Production, and Digital Video Production.
Employment Experience:
Development
Oct 2001-Nov 2007 Senior Engineering Manager, Photoshop. Adobe Systems, CA.
Jan 2000-Aug 2000 Acting Director of Engineering, Developer Technologies. Adobe Systems, CA.
1998-2000 Engineering Manager, InDesign Developer Technologies. Adobe Systems, WA.
1995-1998 Senior Engineer, Photoshop Developer Support. Adobe Systems, CA.
1993-1997 Developed Outpatient(r), health care ledger billing system. Applied Media(r), CA.
1991-1993 Programmed Flapjack(tm) inventory system. San Francisco State University, CA.
1991-1993 Zorro! Engineering Project Manager. Mass Microsystems, CA.
1991-1992 Quality Assurance Engineer, DriveMASSter(tm). Mass Microsystems, CA.
1990-1991 Programmed/marketed Grade-A(tm), software gradebook. Coven Production Group, CA.
Video/Multimedia
1992-1997 Operated multimedia/video production company. Applied Media(r), CA.
1990-1991 Video Engineer. Monaco Video, CA.
1989-1990 Stage Manager, Apple Computer video department. Apple-TV, CA.
1988-1995 Senior Video Engineer and Instructor. Foothill and De Anza Colleges, CA.
1988-1994 Multimedia, computer and video consultant. Coven Production Group, CA.
1987-1988 Sound Coordinator. Raging Waters, CA.
Education:
2007 Master of Business Administration, Executive Program, Santa Clara University, CA.
1994 Master of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, San Francisco State University, CA.
Major: Radio/TV. Emphasis: New Media. Thesis: Interactive Television.
1992 Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, San Francisco State University, CA.
Major: Radio/TV. Emphasis: Video/Computer Integration Engineering.
1990 Associate in Arts, Cum Laude, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA.
Development
C and C++ on Xcode, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Xcode, and Microsoft Developer Studio Visual C++.
HyperTalk, 6502 assembly, HTML, XML, Perl.

Location:
United States, Los Gatos, CA
Current organization:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Current role:
Photoshop Chief Geek Wrangler
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Multimedia, Software Development, digital imaging, Learning Theory, Organizational Learning
I am:
Brainstormer, Business leader, Business mentor, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Jewish, Life mentor, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, Web guru
Associations:
SMPTE, IEEE
My website links:
Photoshop at Adobe, Blog at Applied Media
Universities:
De Anza College, San Francisco State University, santa clara university
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I'm passionate about

Creating *learning* organizations, and then "growing them up" to become *teaching* organizations. I believe education holds the key to almost all the world's problems.

An idea worth spreading

Everyone has a teachable perspective. There's always something a single individual is an expert in. If we can find that thing and help them share those moments, we all soar higher.

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Things you'd recommend we all do to make us all more creative and effective.

People don't know that I'm good at

Aikido, a Japanese Martial Art founded on Peace, Harmony, and Energy.

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