Stephen A. MacDonald (b. c. 1946) is an American software executive. He is best known for his role as the first

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Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Biography

Early life and education

MacDonald grew up in

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, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from

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Career

He began his high technology career with

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, where he spent eleven years in international sales and marketing management. MacDonald joined

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in 1983, shortly after the company was formed. He went on to become Adobe's General Manager and COO before leaving in 1996 as the company topped $1B in sales. After leaving Adobe, MacDonald became CEO of Active Software, a startup that helped define the

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category.

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purchased Active Software in 2000 for $1.3B. Steve also served as an outside board member for two public companies: Verity Inc. and NCD Computing. Most recently MacDonald co-founded FineEye Color Solutions, where he currently serves as the company's president and CEO. FineEye is a software company that promises to do for

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what PostScript did for publishing.

References

External links

FineEye Color Solutions
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