Robert Weideman leads the global marketing, product marketing and product strategy teams for ScanSoft’s Productivity Applications division. From 1999 until 2001 Weideman was vice president of marketing for the Adobe Systems’ portfolio company Cardiff Software, playing an instrumental role in the invention of LiquidOffice™ and establishing the W3C XForms XML standard. From 1991 to 1999, Weideman was vice president of marketing for TGS.com, helping to establish the Internet 3D standard VRML, and to deliver the world’s first 3D browser, WebSpace™ Navigator. Weideman holds a B.S. in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems from San Diego State University.