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"Following strong Q1 2013 results, Adobe has confirmed that CTO Kevin Lynch has left the company to join Apple, where he will serve as a new VP of Technology.\r\n\r\nAdobe provided the following statement to TNW:\r\n\u201CKevin Lynch, Adobe CTO, is leaving the company effective March 22 to take a position at Apple. \u00A0We will not be replacing the CTO position; responsibility for technology development lies with our business unit heads under the leadership of Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. \u00A0Bryan Lamkin, who has recently returned to Adobe, will assume responsibilities for cross company research and technology initiatives as well as Corporate Development. \u00A0We wish Kevin well in this new chapter of his career.\u201D\r\nThe news, which was first\u00A0reported by\u00A0CNBC, is particularly interesting since\u00A0Lynch has been known as a\u00A0strong defender of Flash\u00A0against Apple's own views. He came to Adobe back in\u00A02005 through its acquisition of Macromedia \u2014 the company which created Flash.\r\n\r\nTension has long existed between Adobe and Apple, particularly thanks to Steve Jobs' decision to not support Flash on Apple's highly popular iOS devices. Apple's move greatly accelerated open Web standards support for HTML5 video and led developers to explore relying solely on JavaScript and CSS3 for interactivity.\r\n\r\nIn his new role, Lynch will report directly to Apple SVP Bobs Manfield. Originally set to retire last year, Mansfield was put in charge of the company's new Technologies group during an executive shuffle last October. His unit combines Apple's wireless and semiconductor teams.\r\n\r\nAdobe's decision not to replace Lynch is an intriguing one. The company's statement suggests that its CEO will take a direct involvement in making overarching technology decisions while also allowing individual division chiefs to take responsibility for their own products. Last week saw Facebook and Twitter both fill their CTO slots after lengthy vacancies.\r\n\r\nThis news follows today's release, which reported\u00A0revenue of $1.008 billion and earnings per share of $0.35 on a non-GAAP basis. Analysts had expected\u00A0the company to earn $0.31 per share on revenues of $985 million.\u00A0The company exceeded those expectations, and announced 500,000 paid subscribers\u00A0for its Creative Cloud service.\r\n\r\nApple's no stranger to Adobe veterans.\u00A0Last year, it hired Todd Teresi, who formerly served as Adobe's Vice President and General Manager of Media Solutions at Adobe, to lead its iAd business.\r\n\r\nUpdate 1: Adobe confirmed Lynch's departure in an SEC filing:\r\nOn March 18, 2013, Kevin Lynch resigned from his position as Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, of Adobe Systems Incorporated, effective March 22, 2013,\u00A0to pursue other opportunities.\r\nUpdate 2:\u00A0Added statement from Adobe.\r\n\r\nTop Image Credit:\u00A0John Mitchell"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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