Adobe Education Technologies

John Schuman currently holds the title of Senior Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe Systems Inc. John has almost twenty years of experience in the field of digital imaging with over ten of those years focused primarily on web design and graphic technology. John joined Macromedia in 1998 following several years of digital imaging production experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and subsequently served as regional Solutions Engineer for Macromedia in Singapore from 1999 to 2001 where he spoke to thousands of Web professionals across the Asia/Pacific region at seminars and industry events. Upon returning to the U.S. in 2001, he took the role of Senior Education Solutions Engineer, focusing primarily on Higher Education in the North American region. John currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Robert McDaniels
Education SE Manager
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. McDaniels has held a variety of technical positions since joining Adobe in May of 2000. He has been an Applications Engineer, a Business Analyst, and a Senior Systems Engineer. In these roles he has supported Adobe’s web authoring tools, print publishing tools, digital video applications, and enterprise server solutions. In his current role as the Education SE Manager, he works with Adobe’s education sales team to meet with Adobe’s education customers and help them find the software solutions they need for teaching, creativity, and productivity. He earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, and is a Creative Suites Master Certified Expert and a Certified Technical Trainer.

Richard John Jenkins
Senior Systems Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Ventura, California

Richard John Jenkins’ background is in the Photojournalism, Film, Screenwriting, Neon Design, Multimedia, Web Publishing Tools, Technology Training, and Search Engine Marketing industries. During his varied career Richard aligned himself with Macromedia Inc. (acquired by Adobe Systems). He was invited to join Macromedia’s esteemed Systems Engineer (SE) team in 1998 focusing on the HED and K12 markets. As part of the Macromedia SE team Richard evangelized Macromedia’s products to over 38,000 people at over two hundred fifty schools, twenty five user groups, one hundred thirty seven companies, plus presenting at dozens of public seminars, workshops, webinars and webcast all over the U.S. and Canada. Richard has also worked for Corel Inc. as their Education Business Development Manager where he resurrected their dormant education markets. Richard is also a recognized Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay Per Click (PPC) expert in the top three search engine PPC systems: MSN AdCenter, Yahoo Search Marketing and Google AdWords. Richard currently has a bestselling SEO training series produced by Lynda.com on Amazon.com.

Rick Miller
Senior Systems Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Ventura, California

Rick Miller is a Senior Solutions Engineer for Education at Adobe Systems where he helps Adobe’s education customers find the solutions they need to enhance the pedagogical experiences of their students. Before working at Adobe Systems, Rick taught Photoshop/Digital Imaging at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and Digital Design at Cal Poly Pomona University, so he's cognizant of the unique challenges that face educators. Rick is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Acrobat Connect. Additionally, Rick is an expert in color management. Moreover, Rick is a professional photographer who is certified on the Leaf and Phase One digital backs. Rick continues to consult with Law Enforcement agencies in the Forensic application of Photoshop.

Patrick Koster
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Orlando, Florida

Patrick joined Adobe Systems in 2006 as a senior solutions engineer. In his current role he works with Adobe's education sales team to understand and address the technology needs of K-12 administrators, faculty, and students using Adobe software and solutions. For eight years prior to joining the company Patrick provided hands-on Adobe training and consulting for customers across the United States as an Adobe Certified Instructor. He earned a bachelor of science in systems engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and is a multiple product Adobe Certified Expert and Certified Technical Trainer.

Timothy Plumer, Jr.
Senior Solutions Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Gorham, ME

Tim (or Mr. Plumer) has been working with and for Adobe since 1998. He has covered products as diverse as Adobe's print tools, the web tools, the Acrobat family of products, and our technical publishing product line. In his current role as a Sr. Solutions Engineer for the Education sales team, he works to place Adobe technologies into the context of the needs of our Higher Education customers. Tim has worked in and around Higher Education since leaving the University of Maine system in 1992 with a Bachelor's degree in Zoology. He has worked in Student Life and has taught—as faculty—ways to use Adobe Creative Suite software in an efficient communications workflow. He is an Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe Acrobat 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional 7, and Adobe Presenter 7, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software, and uses those tools to support his is current passion for eLearning. He enjoys helping people to best extend the reach and effectiveness of teaching through the use of Adobe technologies such as PDF and Flash.