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As senior vice president of the Enterprise and Developer Solutions Business Unit, David Mendels leads Adobe's development of comprehensive, integrated technologies and solutions for enterprises and developers who want to engage their customers and constituents with information more efficiently and effectively. He oversees products such as the Adobe® LiveCycle line of server software, enabling organizations to deploy solutions that effectively create, capture and integrate information and processes across the extended enterprise, and the Macromedia® Flex product line, helping developers and enterprise develop and deploy applications that combine the richness of the desktop with the reach of the web.
Mendels joined Adobe through the company's acquisition of Macromedia in December 2005. At Macromedia, Mendels served as executive vice president and general manager for Macromedia's tool and server product division. In this role, Mendels directly managed the product marketing, management and development of Macromedia's MX products including the Flash® and Flex line, Macromedia Studio 8 and ColdFusion® software.
Mendels began his career in Macromedia's international department in 1992. He led Macromedia's Japan field operations including all sales and marketing. After returning to the United States in 1995, Mendels held positions running business development and alliances as well as general management of a number of Macromedia product groups, playing a major role in Macromedia's product and business development for more than 10 years.
Mendels earned a master of arts degree in Japanese studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor's degree in East Asian studies from Wesleyan University. | 