Ben Watson is primarily focused on the development and delivery of technical content and programs for enterprise developers building client applications that consume media, documents and interactive forms on top of Adobe technology. He is also the Group Manager for the technical evangelism team that focuses on Flex, LiveCycle and ColdFusion development.

Prior to joining Adobe, Watson was with Microsoft where he served as a senior product manager for Web services and the .NET strategy. More recently he lead the MSDN marketing organization in Canada and he also served as a product manager for Microsoft's .NET Services, including Passport and the bCentral suite of online tools for small businesses. During his time with Microsoft he was very active in the Web services standards movement and worked with WS-I, Oasis and W3C organization members to further integration of open standards into enterprise applications.

An early adopter of Aldus and Adobe technologies, his background in print technology and publishing culminated in serving as CTO for Key Media, where he drove publishing workflows, content management and technology development for WeddingBells magazine, Fashion Magazine, and the international Where Magazine properties.

His background in technology includes a wide variety of engagements in web development, technology marketing and software application development for clients ranging from large multinationals such as Bell Canada and Nortel, General Motors, Ralston Purina and as well as Sprint and several international clients which led to postings in South America, Russia, China and across the United States and Canada.

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