Yahoo Hires Former Adobe Exec to Lead Applications Group — Bryan Lamkim to be Senior Vice President Applications Products

April 27, 2009

Yahoo has hired Bryan Lamkin to head up the group that manages some of its highest-profile products and is an essential element of the Yahoo Open Strategy.

Lamkin will take on the role of senior vice president of Yahoo’s Applications Products division, which encompasses its e-mail and instant messaging services, photo-hosting site Flickr, as well as Yahoo Answers, Groups, and e-mail and calendar service Zimbra. He will report directly to Executive Vice President of Products and Chief Technology Officer, Ari Balogh.

As part of its Yahoo Open Strategy, the company is attempting to better integrate social connections with its online applications.

His role will be a central one at Yahoo in light of a recent reorganization led by CEO Carol Bartz, which unified Yahoo’s product and technology groups under Balogh.

Lamkin comes to Yahoo with 14 years of experience at Adobe, where he was senior vice president of the Creative Solutions Group. He managed strategy and development for Photoshop, Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Illustrator, according to a Yahoo spokesman. Lamkin retired from Adobe in 2006.

Lamkin replaces Scott Dietzen, who has acted as interim head of Yahoo’s applications group since the reorg in February. Dietzen will now work on new product strategy in the group.

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