November 1st will be my 4th anniversary as a Platform Evangelist… And March 2012 will be my 5th anniversary at Adobe… And what a crazy 5 years it has been! No no… This post is not to announce that I am leaving Adobe. On the contrary, I’m actually moving in to a new role… in our San Francisco HQ.

I’ve never made it a secret that I would one day love to live and work in the US and I feel truly blessed that Adobe is giving me this opportunity. In my new role as “Solutions Architect/Evangelist” I will still be doing a lot of what I’ve been doing in the last 5 years but I will also start building relationships with big name brands and work on strategic partnerships. It’s that part that’s got me really excited about this new adventure and I’m really looking forward to it!

It’s funny… While I was writing this post I saw this article in my Twitter feed. “Disrupt Yourself” is the title and that is exactly what I’m going to do. ;-) The article also says that “if it feels scary and lonely, you’re probably on the right track” and I must say that it definitely is a little bit scary… And lonely… Well… I never thought I would do this all by myself. I always thought that my girlfriend would join me but she sadly decided to end our relationship (also the reason why it’s been so quiet around here the last couple of months). But… I guess there are worst places than San Francisco to be as a single guy…

I’ll start packing right after MAX and then move some time early November. The California sun still shines in November, right? ;-)

Believe me… Time really flies and before you know it, MAX 2008 is just around the corner. I am particularly excited about this year’s MAX conference and I’m pretty sure you’re all filled with anticipation to see what this year’s announcements are going to be and which sneak peaks we are going to show. I know the MAX-EU-team is still in the process of finalizing the program for Milan but that should go online pretty soon. However, looking at the sessions for San Francisco should give you a pretty good idea on the sessions in Milan.

I can already tell you that I’ll be doing both a session on “Creative design for Flex applications” which will talk about workflows between Creative Suite and Thermo and I’ll be teaming up with NJ for a 90-minute hands-on lab on the same topic. I’m also pretty excited to be able to do this session and lab both in San Francisco and Milan.

We’ve just opened registrations for MAX Milan… So if you want to take advantage of the early bird discount (€120 discount), you might as well book your ticket right now.

Registration for MAX 2008 San Francisco is now open. Registrations for Milan and Tokyo are following shortly. With over 200 sessions and 50 hands-on labs, MAX 2008 offers an unrivaled opportunity to broaden your expertise and get inspired by the work of industry leaders and Adobe experts. More info on http://max.adobe.com/

[via Ben Forta]