Mr Alan Ramadan (BSc 1984)

Distinguished Alumni Award 2009

IT innovator Mr Alan Ramadan is a consultant and executive mentor for the investment community in the Silicon Valley, USA. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mobile & Device Solutions at Adobe Systems Inc.

In supporting Mr Ramadan’s nomination, Mr Robert Begg (BSc 1979) describes him as “a proven entrepreneur, technology visionary and business leader at the highest echelon.”

Mr Ramadan’s nominator Mr Stuart Begg (BSc 1980) says that while many Australian entrepreneurs have sought business in America, “very few have made it to the level of Chief Executive Officer or Senior Vice President of the top performing international IT companies. Alan can safely make this claim.”

During his time at Macromedia/Adobe Mr Ramadan drove the successful ‘Experience Matters’ marketing program, cementing the company’s position in the Internet business sector. His work resulted in new products including the award-winning Flash Lite device, a software application enabling the use of multimedia on mobile phones and consumer electronic devices. Under his leadership, Mobile & Device Solutions was Adobe’s fastest growing business unit with annual growth of 45% over three years.

Earlier in his career, Mr Ramadan started a number of successful enterprises. He founded software development company OzWare and co-founded Quokka Sports, one of the first Australian technology companies to be listed on (technology focused stock exchange) the NASDAQ.

Mr Ramadan has been recognised by: Time magazine as a member of the ‘Top Fifty Time Digital Cyber Elite’; Upside magazine as one of its ‘Upside Elite 100’; and BRW as one of Australia’s IT wizards.

An accomplished sportsman, Mr Ramadan has represented Australia in baseball and yachting.

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