Robert K. Burgess

Overview

Mr. Burgess served as Executive Chairman of Macromedia, Inc., a provider of Internet and multimedia software, from January 2005 until his retirement in December 2005. From November 1996 to January 2005, Mr. Burgess served as Chief Executive Officer of Macromedia. He also served on the Board of Directors of Macromedia from November 1996 and as Chairman of the Board from July 1998 until December 2005, when Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Prior to joining Macromedia, Mr. Burgess held key executive positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a graphics and computing company, and served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Alias Research, Inc., a 3D software company. Mr. Burgess holds a B.Com. from McMaster University.