# Charles Geschke

> Charles Geschke is co-founder of Adobe. Adobe Acrobat Sign, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Adobe Firefly API and Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Adobe.

Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe with John Warnock in 1982, after the two worked together at Xerox PARC, and co-created PostScript and the PDF format with him. He was Adobe's chief operating officer from 1986 to 1994, its president from 1989 to 2000 and co-chairman of its board from 1997 to 2017.

## What Charles builds

- [Adobe Acrobat Sign](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-acrobat-sign.md), graded D, 52.6/100, in Contracts, proposals & e-signatures. Adobe Acrobat Sign is an e-signature service. Its REST API v6 creates agreements from uploaded files or library templates, sends them for signature, returns signing URLs and audit trails, and reports status through webhooks. Co-founder, Adobe, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Adobe Commerce (Magento)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.md), graded B, 63.9/100, in Commerce & checkout. Commerce platform from Adobe, built on the open-source Magento core. It runs as Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service, on Adobe's cloud infrastructure or on the merchant's own servers, and agents reach a store through its REST and GraphQL APIs. Co-founder, Adobe, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Adobe Firefly API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.md), graded D, 49.1/100, in Image generation. Adobe's Firefly image models (Image 3, Image 4 Standard and Ultra, Image 5) as async REST endpoints within Firefly Services. Co-founder, Adobe, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.md), graded C, 55.9/100, in Document parsing & extraction. Adobe's REST API for reading and changing PDFs. Co-founder, Adobe, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Christopher Shifflett](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-shifflett/), Director of Product Management, Firefly API Platform and Developer Tools
- [John Warnock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-warnock/), Co-founder, Adobe
- [Marcel Boucher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/marcel-boucher/), Product leader, Firefly Services; 2025 Director, FFE Solution Acceleration

## Questions

### Who is Charles Geschke?

Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe with John Warnock in 1982, after the two worked together at Xerox PARC, and co-created PostScript and the PDF format with him. He was Adobe's chief operating officer from 1986 to 1994, its president from 1989 to 2000 and co-chairman of its board from 1997 to 2017.

### What does Adobe make?

Anchor Terminal lists Adobe Acrobat Sign, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Adobe Firefly API and Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API from Adobe. Adobe Acrobat Sign is an e-signature service. Its REST API v6 creates agreements from uploaded files or library templates, sends them for signature, returns signing URLs and audit trails, and reports status through webhooks.

### How are Charles's tools graded?

Adobe Acrobat Sign is graded D, 52.6 out of 100; Adobe Commerce (Magento) is graded B, 63.9 out of 100; Adobe Firefly API is graded D, 49.1 out of 100; Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API is graded C, 55.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://developer.adobe.com/acrobat-sign/
- https://developer.adobe.com/developer-support
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnock
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Geschke
- https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/webapi/
- https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/
- https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/contributor/community/
- https://www.google.com/search?q=site.adobe.com+%22Firefly+API%22+%22product%22+manager
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophershifflett
- https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe.html
- https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/guides/support/
- https://airtable.com/appu5RTWgdM95jynx/pagyuT1qspNJcPU2E/form
- https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/
- https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/faq/tech-support/
- https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/

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