AU London 2018 Industry keynote

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  Andrew Anagnost

  Andrew Anagnost is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk. Dr. Anagnost's career spans more than 25 years of product, business, and marketing experience focused on driving strategy, transformation, and product development — and includes positions at Autodesk, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, and EXA Corporation. He also completed a doctorate degree at Stanford University and worked at NASA Ames Research Center as an NRC post-doctoral fellow. Anagnost began his career at Autodesk in 1997 and has held a wide range of roles in the areas of marketing, new business development, product management, and product development. Prior to becoming President and CEO in June 2017, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of the Business Strategy & Marketing organization. In this role, Andrew served as architect and leader of Autodesk's business model transition—moving the company to become a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions provider. Previously, Anagnost held various executive positions across Autodesk. Early in his Autodesk career, he led the development of the company's manufacturing products and grew Autodesk Inventor revenue to over $500 million. Anagnost is a member of the Autodesk Board of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and holds both an MS in Engineering Science and a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University. Anagnost joined the board of directors of HubSpot, Inc. in September 2023.
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  Sarah Hodges

  Sarah has held various roles across the industry strategy and marketing team to help bring the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) portfolio to the marketplace across the education and commercial sectors. Over the past decade, Sarah has broadened her experiences across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry by leading teams across all segments and through spending time with customers across the globe to understand their challenges and requirements. Currently Sarah is focused on the construction industry to understand and implement disruptive technological innovations that are radically changing how projects are constructed and delivered. Prior to Autodesk, Sarah spent time in the media and entertainment industry bringing to market and promoting B2B technologies to drive efficiencies in the post production process. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science Business Administration with a focus on marketing and management from Northeastern University.
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  Stephen Hooper

  Stephen Hooper is Vice President of Design & Manufacturing software development. Stephen has over 26 years of industry experience working for companies ranging from suppliers of industrial machinery to a software vendor of market leading solutions. Stephen started his career as a mechanical design engineer working in the UK and later relocating to the US to work for Autodesk. Experienced at every stage of the product development, marketing and sales process, from end user, through to software vendor, Stephen relishes the challenge of working in a fast moving, growth orientated environment, targeted at servicing the needs of high profile customers and partners.