Chizen exits Adobe

Here’s  another news nugget that bears watching.

Bruce Chizen is leaving his spot as Adobe next month after 13 years with the company. Shantanu Narayen, who is now president and chief operating officer, will take his slot.

Chizen rode herd on Adobe’s blockbuster buyout of Macromedia. That buy gave Adobe, already ubiquitous with its Acrobat reader and the PDF format,  even more desktop presence and mindshare with Macromedia’s Flash franchise.

Barbara Darrow, a Boston area journalist, can be reached at badarrow@comcast.net.