Alok Kumar Singh

CEO

San Jose, California, United States28 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over 25 years of experience in product management.
Led teams managing a $9B ARR business unit.
Holds 4 granted patents in engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management and Engineering Leader.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementEngineering

Other Skills

Creative Cloud ProductsProgram ManagementAI/ML-based recommendationsPersonalizationWeb ApplicationsMobile ApplicationsCollaboration ToolsExtensibility PlatformsDigital Imaging ProductsTeam ManagementInnovationPatentsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Project Management

About

I have 25+ years of rich experience spans successful new product launches, existing products growth in global markets, leading and growing product organizations. In Adobe, I manage a broad portfolio of Creative Cloud Products and Services, for Individual, SMB, and enterprise customers, across four big verticals and my responsibilities include engineering, product, and program management. a. Creative Cloud Discovery, Onboarding, and Engagement (CC Home, CC Desktop, and CC Mobile), b. Adobe Express, c. Assets and Collaboration (Assets Web, Bridge), d. Modernized CC Extensibility (UXP, WXP) I am passionate about building diverse teams that come together to tackle complex engineering problems and develop first-class products that power a global community of creatives and I believe that all-round organizational development is paramount to success. I have a rich history of taking on complex challenges, managing volatility, turning around businesses, and delivering growth. 4 granted patents.

Experience

28 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

9 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

22 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Adobe

3 roles

Vice President - Products and Services (Adobe.com)

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Vice President - Products and Services (Creative Cloud)

Promoted

Feb 2014 – Nov 2023 · 9 yrs 9 mos

Leading a cross-functional and geo-distributed team of 300+ responsible for managing a broad portfolio of Creative Cloud Products and Services, for Individual, SMB, and enterprise customers, across four big verticals. My responsibilities include engineering, product, and program management.
a. Creative Cloud Discovery, Onboarding, and Engagement (CC Home, CC Desktop, and CC Mobile)
Leading a team that is building next-generation product experiences for Creative Cloud (CC), driving underlying platforms to engage over tens of millions of creatives, and helping scale Creative Cloud business (~$9B ARR business unit). Driving member engagement through personalized experiences across CC Hubs (CC Desktop, CC Home, and CC mobile) and discovery of CC membership value (App Store, Collaboration, Marketplace, Inspiration, Learn, Community, frictionless Creation workflows & more). Also contributing to product strategy, growth partnership, and strategic investments in engagement platforms across Personalization, AI/ML-based recommendations & search, mobile SDKs, content & data infrastructure.
b. Creative Cloud Express
Leading a team that is building Creative Cloud Express as a unified task-based, web, and mobile app. It enables millions of users to make rich multimedia content including social media posts and stories, invitations, and marketing materials like logos, flyers, and banners with just drag-and-drop.
c. Assets and Collaboration (Assets Web, Bridge)
Leading a team that is delivering on Adobe’s Creative Cloud Assets & Collaboration initiatives, which includes Adobe Bridge (>1M MAU), Assets web (>1M MAU), Libraries, and Spaces.
d. Modernized CC Extensibility (UXP, WXP)
Delivering the Universal Extensibility Platform - enabling the creation of native user experiences in our desktop products by 1st party and 3rd party developers.
I worked as a director and senior director before becoming a vice president in Creative Cloud Products and Services team.

Creative Cloud ProductsEngineeringProduct ManagementProgram ManagementAI/ML-based recommendationsPersonalization

Sr Director - Engineering (Digital Imaging)

Oct 2003 – Jan 2014 · 10 yrs 3 mos

One of the founding members and head of engineering of Digital Imaging (DI) business unit that includes industry-leading imaging products such as Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements, Photoshop.com, Photoshop Express, Photoshop, and Camera Raw. DI India teams launched products that became new growth businesses and owned/partnered with global teams to contribute to multi-billion dollar products that continue to scale new peaks in revenue, usage, and customer satisfaction. Built a team culture focused on innovation resulting in several hundred patents filed/issued by the team.
I worked as an individual contributor, first line manager, senior manager and then director during 11 years in digital imaging.

Digital Imaging ProductsTeam ManagementInnovationPatentsEngineeringProduct Management

Hughes software systems

Project Leader

Jan 2000 – Sep 2003 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Ministry of communication, govt of india

Officer-in-Charge

Oct 1997 – Dec 1999 · 2 yrs 2 mos

In the early stages of my career, I got an excellent leadership opportunity in the federal government. As the ministry of communication officer, I was posted as head of the wireless monitoring station in J&K. The monitoring station at Jammu is responsible to monitor the frequencies used by different departments in J&K and nearby regions and ensure the Government of India that these departments are using their frequencies. In addition to this, assist these departments whenever they face any transmission-related problem.
OIC’s responsibilities were broadly divided into three domains: administrative, financial, and technical. OIC has to ensure that all monitoring assignments and special assignments are carried out on time and check unauthorized/illicit transmission. In non-technical matters, OIC was supposed to look after the office routines, staff matters, security, and emergency arrangements, maintenance of station premises, transport, drawl, and disbursement of salaries, office impress, muster roll, recovery of advances and loans, overtime allowances.