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Alan Ramadan is one of the most experienced technology executives to emerge from Australia’s growing list of successful technology entrepreneurs.
Mr Ramadan spent almost 10 years inside the worlds 4th largest software company – Adobe Systems, Inc. He was most recently Senior Vice-President and General Manager of the Mobile and Device Business Unit at Adobe. In this role, Mr Ramadan was responsible for delivering software to display web content on mobile and consumer electronic devices – such as Nokia and Samsung handsets, Sony Playstation and XBOX. Under his leadership, Adobe passed the 500 million device installs for Flash Lite and became the fastest growing business unit at Adobe. Prior to that Alan was the Chief Marketing Officer for Macromedia and is considered by many to be the father of the “experience category” that is now at the center of leading web sites as they strive to differentiate themselves against their competition.
Mr Ramadan began his career in 1984 as a mathematician and computer scientist at BHP Steel, and then moved on to establish a small consulting and services company specialising in applied mathematics consulting and software development. In 1990, he founded OzWare, an Australian software development company, which won contracts with leading Unix vendors including AT&T, Pyramid and Sequent. From 1992-95, Mr Ramadan served as CEO of Fluid Thinking, the technology partner for the Australian America's Cup Challenge.
In 1996, Mr Ramadan co-founded Quokka Sports and served as its president and CEO until 2000. For his role in establishing the company, he was recognised by Time Magazine as a member of the Top Fifty Time Digital Cyber Elite; Upside Magazine named him one of its 'Elite 100’ and BRW named him one of Australia’s IT wizards. The Wall Street Journal hailed Quokka’s coverage of the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race as “a turning point in the evolution of the digital medium” and commented that “this is the first time that the new medium has covered an event better that the traditional media”. Quokka went on to win Gold for the most visited Olympic website covering the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
After serving two years on the board of software firm Macromedia, Mr Ramadan joined the company in 2002 as its chief marketing officer. He was subsequently promoted to the position of Executive Vice-President and General Manager of mobile and devices. In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia and Mr Ramadan took up the position as senior vice president of the Mobile and Device Solutions Business Unit. In 2008, Mr Ramadan retired from Adobe and is currently a strategic consultant and executive mentor for the investment community in the Silicon Valley, USA.
Alan Ramadan graduated from Monash University in 1984 with a double degree in computer science and applied mathematics. He also graduated from Stanford University's Executive Program for Growing Companies in 1995.
An accomplished sportsman, Mr Ramadan has represented Australia in baseball and yachting.
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