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John Warnock

John Warnock
Personal information
Birth dateOctober 6, 1940(age 76)
Birth placeSalt Lake City, Utah
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Utah
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Doctoral advisorDavid C. Evans
Ivan Sutherland
Known forAdobe Systems
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Notable awardsSoftware Systems Award (1989, Association for Computing Machinery); Edwin H. Land Medal (2000, Optical Society of America); Bodley Medal (2003, Bodleian Library at Oxford University); Lovelace Medal (2004, British Computer Society); Medal of Achievement (2006, AeA); Computer Entrepreneur Award (2008, IEEE Computer Society); United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2009), Marconi Prize (2010)

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John Edward Warnock (born October 6, 1940) is an American computer scientist best known as the co-founder with Charles Geschke of Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company. Dr. Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and Chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company. Although retired as CEO in 2001, he still co-chairs the board with Geschke. Warnock has pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, Web and electronic document technologies that have revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications.


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