Speakers
Govind Balakrishnan is Vice President of Product Development at Adobe Systems, Inc., responsible for Creative Cloud Services and Mobile. He joined Adobe through the Macromedia acquisition and has been with the two companies for close to 15 years. Over the years, he has worked on a variety of new and exciting initiatives where he has built and led large cross-geo engineering organizations to successfully deliver complex software engineering projects and products with numerous internal and external dependencies and stakeholders. He enjoys mentoring, guiding and motivating people to help them realize and exceed their potential.
His 20+ years of experience in the Software industry has given him opportunities to work on a variety of initiatives, with a broad range of people across various backgrounds and geographies. Over the years, his focus has been on building tools that facilitate creativity in various forms, be it 3D/2D graphics or more recently, on mobile devices. Govind's current focus at Adobe and passion is around democratization of creativity by enabling Creativity on mobile. He strongly believes in the numerous benefits that come from giving everyone an outlet for their creative energy and ideas.
Prior to joining Adobe, Govind was an Architect of Maya 3D, Autodesk’s Oscar award winning 3D modeling and animation software. He is a graduate of Arizona State University and enjoys spending time with his family, running, reading, playing/watching sports and travel.