Dave Hackel, a highly experienced Senior Director of Engineering, has a track record of successful leadership in business-critical innovation. He leads a diverse team of professional developers worldwide, with strong technical and business qualifications. He is customer-focused and an advocate for time-critical, strategic planning. Hackel has a proven ability to analyze an organization's technical and communication challenges to deliver world-class results. He is keen on developing high-performance employees into leaders and has a strong laser focus on team diversity and inclusion.

Hackel's educational background is in physics, which he studied at UC San Diego. He specializes in C and C++ using XCode, Microsoft Developer Studio Visual C++, PERL, and Agile Processes.

Over the years, Hackel has held various positions at Adobe. He is currently the Senior Director of Engineering for Photoshop, having previously been the Director of Engineering, Photoshop Senior Engineering Manager, Acrobat Engineering Manager, Acrobat Engineer, Developer Support Engineer, and Technical Support Engineer.