Dirk Meyer Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, United States

Legal, Security, and PolicyPrincipal program management support for both leadership and all functional teams of the Trust & Safety organization (Engineering, Legal Product management, Operations).» Leading San Jose-based program manager for the business-critical work of Adobe's Trust & Safety team.» Moving expertly and comfortably in a complex space, defined by a rapidly evolving legal and regulatory environment, high-performance engineering, and numerous domain changes at… Show more Legal, Security, and PolicyPrincipal program management support for both leadership and all functional teams of the Trust & Safety organization (Engineering, Legal Product management, Operations).» Leading San Jose-based program manager for the business-critical work of Adobe's Trust & Safety team.» Moving expertly and comfortably in a complex space, defined by a rapidly evolving legal and regulatory environment, high-performance engineering, and numerous domain changes at Adobe and industry peers in the T&S sector.» Building on a strong cross- (location, time zone, functional teams) PgM experience and a considerable network, a result of both a long and successful Adobe tenure, including several international assignments, projects, and high-visibility product deliveries throughout.» As the team's "ambassador", representing Trust & Safety for intra-company communication, discussion, and approvals, as well as for relationship building and project advancement.» Provided immediate efficiency gains and process improvements for the Trust & Safety team.» Assumed tasks and relieved other team functions as first dedicated PgM for Trust & Safety.» Passionate about positive impact of successful T&S work and the related technologies impacting this area's success and growth: AI/ML, intellectual property management, more.» Multilingual, dual citizen (US/Germany), with international assignments and a 25+ year Adobe tenure in the US and China. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Working on Creative Cloud platform business development in the Program Management Office (later: Product & Partner Operations) of Adobe's Digital Media business unit.Focus & Goal:Achieving market readiness for enterprise products from Adobe's Digital Media Business Unit: Analyzing technology, infrastructure, and regulatory environment, to make key products meet demanding requirements, allowing for a successful market entry.Results:To name one, as the lead program… Show more Working on Creative Cloud platform business development in the Program Management Office (later: Product & Partner Operations) of Adobe's Digital Media business unit.Focus & Goal:Achieving market readiness for enterprise products from Adobe's Digital Media Business Unit: Analyzing technology, infrastructure, and regulatory environment, to make key products meet demanding requirements, allowing for a successful market entry.Results:To name one, as the lead program manager, driving the launch of Creative Cloud for teams in China: On November 10, 2016, Creative Cloud for teams became available to Chinese customers. More to come ... Show less

Beijing City, China

» Contributing to strategic business planning (incl. partnering, infrastructure, legal and organizational design, product adaptation) to allow the company's successful "landing" in China and significantly increase its business. » Driving programs and initiatives to increase company's presence and revenue in growth markets. » Preparing groups and teams for important contributions to multi-national companies; ensure sustainable transfer of knowledge and "leading practices"​ in… Show more » Contributing to strategic business planning (incl. partnering, infrastructure, legal and organizational design, product adaptation) to allow the company's successful "landing" in China and significantly increase its business. » Driving programs and initiatives to increase company's presence and revenue in growth markets. » Preparing groups and teams for important contributions to multi-national companies; ensure sustainable transfer of knowledge and "leading practices"​ in international organizations.» Fostering and maintaining productive, efficient, and mutually beneficial relationships between HQ and satellite offices; growing and shaping teams in China.» Propagating corporate innovation initiative (now open source) at Adobe's Beijing R&D office. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

» Responsible for community-based user interface translation and related tools, in Adobe’s Community Translation program. Analyzed different industry approaches to then define requirements, develop community-related policies and reward models.» Managed programs and initiatives to increase both company presence in and revenue coming from emerging markets.» Used data gathered from community translation activities as a basis for strategy discussions and business decisions.» Together… Show more » Responsible for community-based user interface translation and related tools, in Adobe’s Community Translation program. Analyzed different industry approaches to then define requirements, develop community-related policies and reward models.» Managed programs and initiatives to increase both company presence in and revenue coming from emerging markets.» Used data gathered from community translation activities as a basis for strategy discussions and business decisions.» Together with engineering teams in Romania, India, and San Jose, created the Adobe Translation Center, a tool for community-based UI translation.» Guided new approaches of perpetual, agile software development, deployment, and testing, while meeting required globalization goals of world-ready services and software.» Managed and educated translation vendors to accept the idea of community translation and new workflows. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

» Program manager for the first version of Adobe's Help Viewer to display online help, allowing for increased customer/user interaction with product documentation and knowledge bases.» Drove the realization of new user engagement and community architectures.» Deployed web-based help, user support, and user engagement technologies.

San Francisco Bay Area

» Managed shared technology projects and "Version 1.0 products", released in several version of Adobe Creative Suite.» On-boarded internal product teams as new clients of shared technologies introduced in Creative Suites, interact and engage with them to support smooth integration, ongoing operation, and continued development.» Worked in a matrix organization, leveraging globally distributed teams, across time zones & cultures. » Successfully managed complex inter-dependencies… Show more » Managed shared technology projects and "Version 1.0 products", released in several version of Adobe Creative Suite.» On-boarded internal product teams as new clients of shared technologies introduced in Creative Suites, interact and engage with them to support smooth integration, ongoing operation, and continued development.» Worked in a matrix organization, leveraging globally distributed teams, across time zones & cultures. » Successfully managed complex inter-dependencies between teams, stakeholders, and different cross-functional groups. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

» Developer, font engineer, program manager (CJKV font products). (Type Development Group)

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

» Consultant for large companies, governmental institutions, and universities across Germany and Europe: Research, project management, services in CJK and Chinese-western data processing. » Developer for Chinese-western data processing and printing, as well as CJK and multilingual database solutions.

Adobe Systems Management Training Curriculum

Completed courses as part of Adobe's company training program: Focus on ... » Agile development methodologies (Scrum master and product.

Ma ("First Class With Distinction", Scholarship), Chinese Studies/Sinology

Chinese Studies, East European History, Russian language

Certificate, Research Term/Scholarship: Chinese & Contemporary Chinese History

Studium Generale