# Patrick Brown

> Patrick Brown is SVP of Global Marketing at Adobe, leading growth, analytics, media, and marketing engineering across the company's global B2B and B2C operations. He oversees Adobe's Digital Economy Index — a research engine that tracks a trillion e-commerce transactions across 100 million SKUs — and has emerged as one of the most data-forward voices in enterprise marketing. Based in San Jose, California, Brown combines an MBA from Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business with deep experience in technology, finance, and consumer goods sectors.

- **Role:** SVP, Global Marketing at Adobe
- **Organizations:** Adobe
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's Degree, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, MBA, Marketing, Statistics, Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
- **Known for:** Oversees Adobe's Digital Economy Index, analyzing a trillion e-commerce transactions across 100 million SKUs in 18 product categories, Led global media operation covering B2C and B2B segments at one of the world's largest software companies ($23.7B annual revenue), Built marketing engineering and performance analytics practices at Adobe scale

## Career timeline

- **1996-2000** — Studied at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- **2007-2009** — Earned MBA from Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business
- **2021** — Joined Adobe as VP of Growth Marketing & Insights (February 2021)
- **2022** — Presented Adobe Digital Economy Index at Adobe Summit; reported $1.7 trillion in pandemic-era US online spending
- **2022-2023** — Led Adobe Digital Price Index reports tracking e-commerce inflation and deflation trends
- **2024-2025** — Promoted to SVP, Global Marketing; expanded scope across growth, analytics, media, and GenAI marketing initiatives

## Achievements

- Oversees Adobe's Digital Economy Index, analyzing a trillion e-commerce transactions across 100 million SKUs in 18 product categories
- Led global media operation covering B2C and B2B segments at one of the world's largest software companies ($23.7B annual revenue)
- Built marketing engineering and performance analytics practices at Adobe scale
- Co-author on Adobe's thought leadership blog on growth marketing and digital transformation
- Speaker at Adobe Summit on digital economy and marketing transformation
- Promoted from VP to SVP of Global Marketing at Adobe

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Featured as a speaker in Adobe's GenAI and Marketing in the Enterprise webinar series
- **2024-01** — Promoted to SVP, Global Marketing, expanding leadership scope across Adobe's global marketing organization
- **2023-02** — Released Adobe Digital Price Index report noting e-commerce prices fell for fifth consecutive month

## Links

- Website: https://adobe.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickbrown5
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ptrickbrown

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