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Barry Leffew, the vice president of Adobe Public Sector, left after 10 years.

Jason Miller@jmillerWFED

August 18, 2016 1:56 pm

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Barry Leffew, the vice president of Adobe Public Sector, has left his position and the company is searching for a replacement.

Multiple industry sources confirm Adobe is actively recruiting a replacement for Leffew, who has been in his position since 2006.

“I’m not sure what Adobe is looking for,” said one industry source, who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the personnel decision. “I often say that being the head of a public sector organization is like being an NFL coach — there’s only one way you go out, by being let go.”

Lisa Lindgren, an Adobe spokeswoman, said in an email to Federal News Radio that the company had no comment on Leffew’s status.

“Having the opportunity to lead Adobe’s business in the public sector over the past 12 years has been a fantastic professional opportunity,” Leffew said in an email to Federal News Radio on Aug. 22. “During this time, our public sector team was able to grow the business from $25 million to $350 million annually, while building a team over 250 top notch team members. While business results are important, the part that I am most proud about was the difference we made in enabling our customer’s to successfully use technology to save money and support key mission areas. Adobe has great products and with the right strategy and right people, they have the opportunity to continue being a leader solution provider to the federal market.”

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Leffew has been in the federal market since at least 1992 as the director of government sales for NeXT, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also worked at Oracle and VeriSign. In 2004, Leffew became the vice president of public sector for Macromedia, which Adobe bought in 2005. By 2006, Leffew became the vice president of public sector for his new company.

Leffew said on his LinkedIn page that Adobe earns about $350 million from its public sector business in the U.S. and Canada.