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City Club of Cleveland - Dr. Charles M. Geschke
 
 
 
Dr. Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe in 1982, forever transforming how people create, process and engage with information. He has been a respected and inspiring industry leader and has been instrumental in developing some of the software industry's most pioneering technologies.

Chuck Geschke is in a unique position to discuss the evolution of the personal computer business from the 1960s to today. Geschke will describe the Defense Department's Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), the remarkable development of Silicon Valley, his experience at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and his experience founding Adobe Systems.

In 2000, Geschke retired from his position as Adobe president. Today, he and John Warnock (Adobe's other co-founder) are co-chairman of Adobe's board of directors and continue to shape direction for the nearly $3 billion company.

Prior to co-founding Adobe, Geschke formed the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center where he directed research activities in the fields of computer science, graphics, image processing and optics. Previously, he was a principal scientist and researcher at Xerox PARC's Computer Sciences Laboratory.

Geschke holds a doctorate in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University as well as a master's degree in mathematics and an A.B. in classics, both from Xavier University.
October 28, 2011