...Hello Adobe
Wow that took less time than I thought... So yeah, I'm joining Adobe. Specifically I'm joining Adobe's Platform Evangelism group. I'll be working under Kevin Hoyt with the team that includes Ryan Stewart, Lee Brimelow and Danny Dura amongst others and ultimately headed by Ben Forta. So it will take all of my composure to not, you know, break down into an Adobe fanboy in my first staff meeting.
What does that mean? It means that I will be working with the rest of the team to spread excitement about the Adobe Platform Products:
- Flash
- Flex
- Air
- ColdFusion
- LiveCycle
- Flash Catalyst
- BlazeDS
I'll be promoting the entire platform, but considering my experience to date, I imagine that I'll start with a slight focus on ColdFusion and AIR.
However in addition to that focus I will have an overriding goal:
Get Adobe Platform Technologies taught in the classrooms of Higher Ed.
It's a big goal, and not a trivial challenge. I see a lot of different paths to achieving it. I can't wait to work with all of you to accomplish it.
And as my first act of Evangelism I will remind you once again that both ColdFusion and Flex Builder are available free to Higher Education. All you have to do is go to one of their respective "freeriatools" sites, fill out a form, and upload a picture of your Academic ID.
41 responses so far ↓
1 Ben Forta
[Typing quickly so as to be the first to respond]Welcome aboard Terry, good to be having you join the team!
--- Ben
2 Adam Lehman
Wow. That was fast. Welcome to the party! I'm super excited we got you on board. I love it when a plan comes together!3 Kevin Hoyt
Super excited to have you on board, Terry!Oh, by the way, when you get an Adobe email address, can you drop me a line? I've already got a couple of accounts that need your attention (smile).
Congratulations, and welcome,
Kevin
4 Dan Vega
What an amazing opportunity to be a part of a great team! Congratulations to both you and Adobe!5 Rachel Luxemburg
woot!6 Chris Scott
Excellent news! Congratulations man, I hope you have a great career with Adobe!7 Tim Buntel
Absolutely thrilled to have you Terry!8 Adrian J. Moreno
Congratulations Terry!9 bill shelton
Awesome, Terry! Congrats. Great choice by Adobe!bill
10 Nathan Mische
Congrats!11 Raymond Camden
Congrats Terry!12 Nick Lansbury
Congratulations from England13 Simon Free
Aweomse news! Congrats! So we get to bug you to get us the new ColdFusion t-shirt? :-)14 Ryan Stewart
Damn, everyone beat me to it. I was taking a nap.But congratulations :)
=Ryan
15 David Siedell
As your outgoing boss it is appropriate that I am your 13th comment as the unlucky one...Congratulations and the door is always open where ever I am.16 Rob Brooks-Bilson
Congrats Terry! Adobe's lucky to have ya ;-)17 Sam Farmer
Congrats and great news all round!18 andy matthews
Congratulations dude! That's going to be awesome. Where will you be working from?19 Phil
Congrats Terry!20 Brian Swartzfager
Congratulations on the new job! Since I work in higher ed myself, I'll be very interested in seeing what you have planned.21 John Bliss
Congratulations on being beamed into the mothership! :-)22 marc esher
Excellent -- Congratulations Terry!Can you send me some stickers?
Or maybe some big fat torpedo cigars (like the kind the kings always smoke in the Disney movies) with Adobe bands on 'em
23 Dan Wilson
Much Congrats!I can't wait to see the Adobe branded Cigars you'll pass around to UGMs and such!
(Are you sure this isn't one of your famous rumours?)
DW
24 Ben Nadel
Dude, that's awesome! Congratulations!25 Steven Erat
Congratulations on your new role. I considered myself a steward of the product for quite a time, and I have every confidence that you will succeed in your mission and revitalize ColdFusion in the academic community. All the best!26 Joseph Labrecque
Congratulations. Nice to hear the bit about a focus on Higher Ed. I work and teach for the University of Denver so if you need someone to bounce ideas off of- you are more than welcome!27 Terrence Ryan
Thanks for all the well wishes.@Adobe folks I can't wait to start.
28 Scott Barnes
Welcome to the rat race :)-
Scott Barnes
Microsoft.
29 Mark Doherty
Welcome to the team!30 Adam Tuttle
Congrats on the new job!31 Brian Rinaldi
Congrats man! Adobe is lucky to have you. Steven Erat and I have both worked with the Harvard Extension School which has some curriculum containing ColdFusion...perhaps we can connect you.32 Megan Stewart
Welcome Terry, woohoo! We're so excited to have you join us on the Higher Ed team!33 Ed Tabara
Awesome news! Congratulations!!!34 Kristen Schofield
I look forward to working with you, Terry. Welcome aboard!!!35 Mark Phillips
Wow -congratulations. That is great!36 Rob Munn
Very cool, congrats!37 Chris Herdt
That's big news--Congratulations, Terry!38 Robert M. Hall
Hey Terry - congratulation - just heard the good news today! Rock on!39 Charlie Arehart
Wow, just heard the news (was teaching last week so under a bit of a rock keeping up on news). That's just awesome, and a great thing for Adobe and the CF community.So PA now has 3 champions: Steelers for football, Phillies for baseball, and Terry for Adobe. :-)
Hope the new role brings you much satisfaction.
40 Josh Adams
Hmm--I should have added a comment earlier; not sure what happened on that. But anyway: welcome aboard, Terry! We're thrilled to have ya!41 PatsySMALL22
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