Mihai Corlan is a seasoned software leader with over 15 years building developer tools and web products, currently Senior Director of Software Engineering at Adobe Experience Manager in San Jose. He has progressed through hands-on engineering, developer evangelism, product management, and leadership roles across startups and large enterprises, giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on shipping customer-focused products. For the past four years he’s led AEM teams creating AI-first capabilities—responsible for products like AEM Sites Optimizer and Adobe LLM Optimizer—that blend content management with generative AI. Mihai is passionate about creating new products and assembling teams that are motivated to move through walls, a philosophy he credits for both customer satisfaction and high-performing teams. His background in developer advocacy and product roles gives him a strong empathy for developer experience and product-market fit beyond pure technical execution.
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Mihai Corlan - Senior Director Of Software Engineering at Adobe