Identity System for Adobe Workfront

At Adobe Workfront, I spearheaded the architecture and delivery of eAuth, the company’s centralized authentication platform, which has since become the identity backbone supporting millions of secure transactions daily. This initiative was not simply an engineering project—it was a transformational innovation that redefined how authentication, compliance, and scalability were handled across Adobe’s enterprise SaaS ecosystem.

Prior to this effort, Workfront’s fragmented identity systems posed risks to security, scalability, and user experience. I led a team of engineers and partnered with six cross-functional Adobe teams to design and implement a unified authentication service supporting modern protocols such as OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML, with seamless integration into Adobe’s Identity Management System (IMS). By doing so, I positioned Workfront as a first-class citizen within Adobe’s enterprise identity ecosystem, directly enabling cross-sell opportunities and driving Workfront’s revenue growth beyond $500M annually.

The innovation lay not only in the architecture but also in the execution. Projects of this magnitude typically take 18–24 months; under my leadership, the platform was delivered in just six months. This accelerated timeline was achieved through a combination of zero-downtime migration strategies, CI/CD automation, observability pipelines, and cross-team alignment. The result was a risk-free rollout with no service disruptions—a rare feat in enterprise IAM transformations.

The impact was profound:

2.5M+ daily authentications processed securely and reliably, with zero downtime.

Compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, and HIPAA—critical for retaining Fortune 500 clients in regulated industries.

Reduction of client onboarding times by 30%, improving customer adoption.

An estimated $1M annual cost savings through unified systems and operational efficiencies.

By combining innovation in identity architecture with business-aligned execution, this initiative elevated Adobe Workfront’s security posture, accelerated its market growth, and set a new internal benchmark for delivering mission-critical infrastructure at scale.

This achievement demonstrates how thoughtful innovation in identity systems can transform not only technology platforms but also business outcomes at a global level.