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Robert M. Tarkoff

Senior Vice President, Business Productivity Solutions

Adobe Systems, Incorporated (ADBE)

Industry: Technology

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Mr. Tarkoff has served as a director since January 2007. Since April, 2007, Mr. Tarkoff has served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Adobe Systems, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Tarkoff was employed by EMC Corporation, a provider of enterprise content management solutions, in different capacities. From January 2007 to April 2007, Mr. Tarkoff served as Senior Vice President, Global Alliances and Business Development for EMC. From January 2006 to January 2007, Mr. Tarkoff served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMC/Captiva, the input management software division of EMC. From January 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Tarkoff served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for EMC Software Group, a software group formed through the integration of several of EMC Corporation's software acquisitions. From November 2001 to December 2003, Mr. Tarkoff served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Documentum, a provider of enterprise content management software. Prior to joining Documentum, from November, 1998 to November 2001, Mr. Tarkoff served in a variety of capacities with Commerce One LLC, an e-commerce solutions provider, most recently as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business Development. Prior to joining Commerce One, Mr. Tarkoff was a lawyer at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. and a financial analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Tarkoff holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Amherst College and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.


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