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Adobe CIO joins IDCA Advisory CouncilWASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- International Data Center Authority (IDCA) today announces that Cynthia Stoddard, Chief Information Officer of Adobe Systems Inc., has joined IDCA's Advisory Council. "It is the unhindered vision, inspiring passion and just expertise of veterans like Cynthia Stoddard that pave way and architect the roadmap for transforming our industry into a robust platform of sustainability and growth for all," stated Mehdi Paryavi, Chairman of IDCA. Mr. Paryavi continued, "We are grateful to have amazing individuals like Cynthia Stoddard with us who share our spirit of giving back to the community through the effective means of universal standardization and education. History will prove that Cynthia Stoddard's participation at IDCA is gesture of true leadership and thus her forthcoming contributions will be instrumental to the progressive evolution of the information technology, cloud, big data, and data center community." Cynthia is a recipient of the CIO 100 Award in 2017 for Adobe IT's innovative ways to deliver business value. Additionally, she is the recipient of Computerorld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award, was named among the top Women of Influence in 2016 by Silicon Valley Business Journal, and was recognized as one of Huffington Post's Top 100 Most Social CIOs in 2015 and 2016. Before joining Adobe in 2016, she was CIO and SVP at data storage and management company NetApp and held a number of key information technology and technical leadership positions. Mark Thiele, Chairman of IDCA Technical Standards Committee, stated, "Cynthia Stoddard represents the best of what IT has to offer and I'm thrilled to get the chance to work with her as she comes on board to the IDCA Advisory Council." "The digital era is unlocking opportunities for organizations to leverage infrastructure and solutions across a variety of ecosystem providers. To be successful it is critical we have a common language and standards across all stacks in the enterprise to promote consistency and efficiency while shaping the future of the of the information technology and data center industry. I applaud the International Data Centers Authority's commitment to developing a set of standards for the IT community and I look forward to contributing to the Technical Standards committee." – Cynthia Stoddard, SVP and CIO, Adobe. About IDCA - IDCA was established to streamline, structure, educate and give direction to the information technology, data center and cloud industry. IDCA's release of the Infinity Paradigm® and the AE360 Standards Framework was revolutionary. More on IDCA: https://www.idc-a.org/about-idca Contact: Subhan Jahromi View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adobe-cio-joins-idca-advisory-council-300540692.html SOURCE International Data Center Authority (IDCA) 
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