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Terry Hickman

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Managing Director at Unbridled Brain
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Terry is an award-winning digital strategist and operations leader who specializes in building high-performance digital production teams from the ground up. An expert in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), he holds certifications as a Scrum Master and a Generative AI Leader from Google.

Outside of his professional work, Terry has dedicated his time to pro-bono projects, leading a website redesign for the non-profit Food Shift. During his time at San José State University, he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.

Terry is described by colleagues as a particularly empathetic, communicative, and engaging leader, especially under high-pressure situations.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Terry shows up

Assertive
Persuasive
Values Relationships

They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They like to keep things under control. They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions.

Priorities

Topics Terry cares about

Generative AI
He recently earned a "Generative AI Leader Certification" from Google and completed a course on building AI-powered applications, showing a strong interest in this emerging technology.
AEM Implementations
His career includes multiple senior program manager and product owner roles at Adobe, Deloitte, and Restoration Hardware, specifically focused on deploying large-scale AEM solutions.
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Career

Work history

5-2007
Managing Director
Unbridled Brain
10-2023 - 6-2025
Senior Product Owner - AEM
Adobe
6-2021 - 10-2023
AEM Product Owner
Deloitte Digital
1-2020 - 5-2021
Senior AEM Program Manager - Engineering
Restoration Hardware
11-2019 - 1-2020
Senior Program Manager
eBay
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1986 - 1990
BA
San José State University
1979 - 1983
Education details unavailable
Junipero Serra High School
1971 - 1979
Education details unavailable
Notre Dame Elementary
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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