Autodesk University Product Innovation Keynote

Description

Key Learnings

Speakers

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  John Jacobs

  John Jacobs serves as chief information officer for JE Dunn Construction Company. His focus is on leveraging technology and ‘lean data’ to build better.
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  Don Parker

  Don Parker co-founded Shotgun Software in 2006 with a vision of developing a standardized production management and review system that would enable creative companies to manage projects across global locations more collaboratively and efficiently. Today more than 550 creative companies including DreamWorks Animation, Framestore, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and PlayStation have adopted the customizable Shotgun system and contribute to its ongoing development. Before founding Shotgun, DP was a Pipeline Designer and Producer for a Walt Disney Pictures production company, where he designed and oversaw the development of an animated feature film production management system and related tools.
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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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  Dustin Hartsuiker

  Dustin Hartsuiker works as the Manager of Technology Solutions for Swinerton Builders where he spends his time researching and implementing new technology and productivity enhancements for their project teams.With 24 years in construction (including experience as a Carpenter and Superintendent) Dustin is able to understand the unique challenges the industry faces and wisely differentiate meaningful improvements from the vast sea of emerging technology.His role in the corporate environment has caused him to focus on big data and the benefits it provides when properly harvested, organized, and evaluated.With a long term goal of improving productivity in construction, Dustin is on a mission to advocate for enterprise programs which can collect, store, and organize the massive amounts of data that hold the secret to unlocking increased productivity in Construction.
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  As Senior Vice-President of the IPG Product group, Amar Hanspal leads Autodeskês development of solutions for designers and engineers in all industries. He oversees the companyês core cloud platform _ Autodesk 360 _ and the full range of Building Information Modeling products for the AEC Industry including Revit and Infraworks. He is also responsible for the Reality Capture and AutoCAD product families. Prior to his current role, Hanspal was Senior Vice President, Platform Solutions and Emerging Businesses. He joined Autodesk in 1987 and has served in a variety of roles including VP of Autodesk Collaboration Solutions. Hanspal holds a masterês of science degree in mechanical engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a bachelorês degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bombay.
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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.