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IT Breakout Speaker - Session #1

As an evangelist in the Digital Enterprise Solutions Business Unit at Adobe Systems, Ryce is focused on the company’s Connect product family.  The products evolved from Macromedia Breeze, where Ryce was an original team member, and provide a secure, flexible Web communication solution.  Ryce is responsible for customer education and outreach, channel support, sales training, product marketing, and ensuring that Adobe employees incorporate Connect products into their day-to-day tasks.

Ryce joined Adobe with the acquisition of Macromedia, where he had worked since 2000.  During his time at Macromedia, he held product management positions for the Authorware, Director, Freehand and Flash Media Server products.  Prior to Macromedia, he was an executive producer for gaming company Shockwave.  Previously, he was a product manager at Alias, a 3D software developer that has since been acquired by Autodesk, and he was an IT manager at a 2000-employee KPMG office.  Ryce is an experienced public speaker, often talking about topics such as web conferencing, e-learning, video production, 3D, and online content streaming.  Ryce holds a Bachelor’s degree in human memory and learning from McMaster University in Canada.