Michael Li

Technology Leader | Senior Director of Engineering | Adobe Experience Cloud | Customer Journey Orchestration | Enterprise SaaS | Scalable Cloud Platforms

United States

About

Technology leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise software platforms, cloud services, and digital experience solutions. Proven track record of leading global engineering teams and delivering innovative products across Adobe Experience Cloud, including Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Target, and Adobe Experience Manager. Expertise spans cloud architecture, SaaS platforms, customer engagement technologies, personalization, workflow automation, and large-scale distributed systems. Passionate about building high-performing teams, driving product innovation, and delivering secure, scalable solutions that create meaningful customer and business impact.

Experience

  • Adobe (20 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Director of Engineering
      Nov 2023 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Led engineering initiatives for Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) and new product development, driving platform innovation, scalability, customer engagement, and enterprise adoption.

    • Senior Director of Engineering
      Dec 2021 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Provided technical leadership for Adobe Journey Optimizer, driving platform scalability, workflow automation, real-time customer engagement, and enterprise integration across Adobe Experience Cloud solutions.

    • Director of Engineering
      Sep 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Adobe Journey Optimizer Led the development and enhancement of Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe’s enterprise customer journey orchestration platform, enabling real-time personalized customer engagement across multiple channels. Contributed to platform scalability, workflow automation, audience management, and seamless integration with Adobe Experience Cloud solutions.

  • Developer and Team Lead, Fiorano MQ and ESB at FIORANO SOFTWARE LTD
    Nov 2002 - Feb 2006 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Contributed to the transformation of a monolithic server architecture into a component-based, scalable platform. Designed and implemented key features including High Availability (HA), Dynamic Subscription Propagation, and hierarchical topic algorithms. Improved system performance through client-server communication enhancements, memory optimization, and algorithm stabilization. Ported the C runtime across 47+ operating system versions and optimized runtime efficiency for both multi-threaded and single-threaded environments.

  • Software Engineer, Microsoft technologies at Aditi Technologies
    Aug 2000 - Aug 2002 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Developed expertise in Microsoft technologies, with a primary focus on C#, SQL Server, and IIS, supporting application development, database management, and web-based solutions.

  • System Engineer, Power Plant Design at Siemens Power Engineering P Limited(Spel)
    Mar 1999 - Jul 2000 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Responsible for designing and optimizing cable layouts for coal-fired and gas-fired power plant projects, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, safety requirements, and operational efficiency.