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10 Adobe corporate development leaders
These ten current Adobe corporate development leaders and senior corporate development managers hold senior director, director, principal and senior manager roles in corporate development, M&A strategy, M&A finance and M&A integration at the company. A reader can learn how Adobe approaches corporate development from people who led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alvina Patel
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, M&A & Strategy · Adobe
Senior Director, M&A & Strategy at Adobe since June 2026, after Director, M&A & Strategy there from October 2022, a role in finance and accounting. Before Adobe they were Senior Manager in M&A consulting at Deloitte (2018–2022) and Manager in Mergers & Acquisitions Transaction Services at PwC (2015–2018).
Andrea Garcia
LinkedInExperience: Principal, M&A Integration, Corporate Development · Adobe
Principal, M&A Integration, Corporate Development at Adobe since February 2025, based in Los Angeles. They have been on Adobe's M&A integration team since 2021, as Manager (2021–2022) and Senior Manager (2022–2025), after sales strategy and account management roles at Adobe.
Elena Sidelnikova
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development · Adobe
Director, Corporate Development at Adobe since November 2021, a role their profile says covers corporate development for Document Cloud and Creative Cloud. Before Adobe they were Head of Corporate Development M&A at Five9 (2021) and Vice President, Corporate Development M&A at Conduent (2018–2019), after in-house corporate development at Deutsche Bank (2015–2018).
Heath Ehret
LinkedInExperience: Director, M&A IT & Business Systems Integration · Adobe
Director, M&A IT & Business Systems Integration at Adobe since July 2026, a role their profile says covers the strategy and execution of IT integrations at Adobe with cross-functional teams. Before Adobe they were Director (2024–2026) and Manager (2021–2024) at KPMG, after Principal at Slalom (2020–2021).
Johnny Lin
LinkedInExperience: Principal, Corporate Development & Ventures · Adobe
Principal, Corporate Development & Ventures at Adobe since February 2025, a Director-level role. Earlier at Adobe they were Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Ventures (2023–2025) and Manager, Corporate Development (2021–2023), and their profile also lists a Corporate Development role at Adobe in 2020 and an M&A Fellow role at Lyra Collective in 2021.
Justin Wang
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development (M&A and Ventures) · Adobe
Director, Corporate Development (M&A and Ventures) at Adobe since June 2017, a role their profile says covers corporate development work across Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly, with a focus on M&A, investments and partnerships. Earlier they worked in growth equity at Guidepost Growth Equity (2013–2015) and investment banking at RBC Capital Markets (2010–2013).
Matthew Cheong
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager Corporate Development · Adobe
Senior Manager Corporate Development at Adobe since January 2026, after Manager Corporate Development there (2024–2026); their headline places them in Corporate Development & Ventures at Adobe. Before Adobe they were Head of Business Operations at Paper (2023–2024) and Corporate Development Lead at FalconX (2022).
Ravi Rathod
LinkedInExperience: Director - M&A Finance · Adobe
Director - M&A Finance at Adobe since March 2023, after Director - Topline FP&A there (2021–2023). Before Adobe they were Director - Visa Ventures at Visa (2019–2021) and Principal - Corporate Development at Intuit (2014–2019), after private equity at Symphony Technology Group (2011–2013).
Ted Chang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Corporate Development · Adobe
Senior Director, Corporate Development at Adobe since January 2021, a Director-level role in general management. Before Adobe they were Vice President, Corporate Development at GoDaddy (2014–2020) and Senior Principal, Corporate Strategy & Development at Intuit (2011–2014).
Vivian Willis
LinkedInExperience: Director, Employee Experience Mergers & Acquisitions · Adobe
Senior Director, Employee Experience Mergers & Acquisitions at Adobe since July 2025, a Director-level role in human resources, after Director, Employee Experience Mergers & Acquisitions there (2019–2025). Before Adobe they worked in HR Mergers & Acquisitions at Intel for twenty years (1999–2019).
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Match the person's part of the deal cycle to your question, since corporate development deal leads, M&A finance and strategy directors and integration leaders see different stages of a transaction. Check which product area they cover, because deal work for different product businesses can involve different priorities.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does corporate development at a large software company split coverage across product businesses?
- 02How do M&A finance and M&A strategy teams work with corporate development deal leads before and after close?
- 03How are people, systems and processes brought together after a software company is acquired?
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