As vice president of marketing at Brightcove, Jeff Whatcott leads all marketing activity for the company. Prior to joining Brightcove Jeff launched Acquia, a commercial open source startup, and continues as an advisor to the company.  Prior to Acquia, Jeff served as vice president of marketing and business development in Adobe's enterprise business unit, responsible for the Flex and LiveCycle product lines.  Prior to Adobe, Jeff held a variety of senior product leadership positions at Macromedia and Allaire.

Jeff is a proven thought leader in web platform technology strategy and a passionate advocate of the open source development model and community-centered marketing.  He is a frequent public speaker and panelist on topics including open source, social publishing, and rich Internet applications.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and Master of Business Administration degree, both from Brigham Young University.  Fluent in English and Japanese, Jeff has helped grow strong businesses and form successful alliances worldwide.