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Andrew Coven

Executive Software Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML products and large-scale platforms

OutputSanta Clara UniversityLos Gatos, CA38 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Engineering leader who drove Lightroom Mobile’s roadmap at Adobe by enforcing reuse of Photoshop imaging tech to deliver RAW, non-destructive mobile editing with full Creative Cloud compatibility. In startup environments, has repeatedly scaled and professionalized engineering orgs (career ladders, evaluation systems, delivery process) and led high-stakes cloud/platform transformations—migrating off Heroku and consolidating fragmented AWS/GCP usage into a single GCP platform—improving reliability, deploy speed, and cutting cloud costs by 20%+.

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Key Strengths

  • Defined and executed business-aligned technology roadmaps (Lightroom Mobile)
  • Led major architectural decisions to ensure platform reuse and compatibility (Photoshop imaging tech on mobile)
  • Scaled and professionalized engineering orgs (career ladder, job family, quarterly evaluations)
  • Turned “messy agile” into predictable delivery with clear ownership and lean rituals
  • Hands-on executive technical leadership focused on high-risk architecture and unblocking (without micromanaging)
  • Cloud migration leadership (Heroku/AWS to consolidated GCP) with sequencing to avoid downtime
  • Reduced cloud spend by 20%+ through DevOps/cloud consolidation efforts
  • Improved reliability, security posture, and deploy velocity by standardizing on a single cloud platform
  • Built effective distributed-team operating models (weekly demos, fast arch reviews, tight decision loops)
  • Innovation leadership via hackathons with pragmatic ROI filters (user pain/performance/cost)
  • Led ethical AI feature development and rolled out AI practices across an entire company

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Experience

Vice President of Software EngineeringOutput, Inc. · Aug 2024 – Jul 2025
Vice President of Software EngineeringLinqia, Inc. · Mar 2023 – Jun 2024
Engineering Leader of Ads Product InfrastructureMeta (Facebook) · Apr 2020 – Jan 2023
Head of Engineering for Platform and ExtensibilityBox, Inc. · Oct 2016 – Apr 2020
Vice President of Technical ServicesInstart, Inc. · Oct 2015 – Oct 2016
Director of Engineering for Content AcquisitionNetflix · Jun 2014 – Sep 2015
Senior Director of Engineering for Photoshop ProductsAdobe · Feb 1994 – Dec 2014
Director of Engineering for Photoshop.com, Photoshop Express MobileAdobe · Jan 2001 – Dec 2006
Senior Manager of Engineering for InDesign SDK, Developer Technologies, MoriartyAdobe · Jan 1997 – Dec 2001
Senior Computer Scientist for Photoshop APIs and SDKAdobe · Feb 1994 – Dec 1996
StewardGmail-2-Trello · Jan 2017 – Present
Board of DirectorsAutovod · Feb 2004 – Dec 2016part-time
Chief Technical OfficerFirst Exposure · Feb 1994 – Dec 1998
Engineering Project Manager and Quality EngineerMass Microsystems · Feb 1991 – Dec 1993
Associate ProfessorSan Francisco State University · Aug 1990 – May 1996part-time
Associate ProfessorFoothill College · Aug 1990 – May 1996part-time
Associate ProfessorDe Anza College · Aug 1990 – May 1996part-time
FounderApplied Media® · Feb 1988 – Dec 1997freelance
Stage Manager; Video EngineerApple-TV · Feb 1988 – Dec 1995
Stage Manager; Video EngineerMonaco Digital Film Labs · Feb 1988 – Dec 1995
Board Member/VolunteerMonkey Tail Ranch · Jan 2020 – Presentpart-time
Coach/MentorWomen Entering and Staying in Tech · Jan 2016 – Presentpart-time
VolunteerBay Area Elementary Schools · Aug 2014 – Jul 2019part-time
Guest LecturerSan Francisco State University · Aug 2013 – Sep 2022part-time
Authorwww.cov.in · Jan 2008 – Present
Fundraising VolunteerLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley · Jan 2000 – Oct 2022part-time

Education

Santa Clara Universitymaster, Executive Leadership (MBA) (2007)
San Francisco State Universitymaster, Broadcast Communications (1994)
San Francisco State Universitybachelor, Broadcast Communications (1992)

Awards

  • Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Summa Cum Laude - San Francisco State University
  • Magna Cum Laude - San Francisco State University

Skills

AgileAndroidAsanaAWSBashBitbucketCC++ClaudeConfluenceCSSDataDogDevOpsDockerElasticsearch

Languages

English

Publications

4 publications

Cloud collaboration platformsPlugin managementData processing service integrationExtensibility frameworks

Memberships

  • SMPTE
  • IEEE
  • ASCAP

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OperationsOperations in Bay AreaAgileAndroidAsanaAWS

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Andrew CovenExecutive Software Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML products and large-scale platforms