Robert K Burgess

Rob Burgess is chairman of Macromedia. Since joining Macromedia in 1996 as CEO, Burgess led the company's transformation from a CD-ROM based multimedia company to the leader in web authoring and development solutions. During his tenure as chairman and CEO, Flash has become the most pervasive multimedia platform in the digital world and forms the foundation for Macromedia in the mobile space. Prior to joining Macromedia, Burgess worked extensively in the field of high-performance computer graphics, spending years in key executive posts at Silicon Graphics, Inc., and as CEO of Alias Research, Inc. Burgess graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1979.