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- CAChris AchesonChris Acheson is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 20 years’ experience working with both OEMs and plant operators. He is passionate about using digital transformation to allow manufacturers to not just do things better, but to do better things. Chris started CADshare in 2014 and devotes his energy to ensure manufacturers can gain real value from the introduction of new technologies. Focused entirely on the Aftermarket, Chris’ mission is to make identification and ordering of spare parts (the cornerstone for any good aftermarket business) seamless.
- JFJimmy ForsbergJimmy Forsberg Development leader, Skanska Sweden Owner of ACC in Skanska Sweden, Jimmy and his team focus on implementing and scaling the use of the platform throughout the company. All with the aim to merge more of Skanska's workflow with ACC to create digital environment that meet the needs of his coworkers in the projects.
- SHSusanna HoltAs vice president of Strategic Technologies at Autodesk, Susanna Holt drives the development of Autodesk's design-to-make platform – Forge – an ecosystem of building blocks and web services for software developers. She leads a team of nearly 200 software engineers and professionals in this endeavor. A veteran of the software industry for more than 20 years, Susanna was most recently the senior director of the Autodesk Forge Software Engineering team. Prior to that she served as a software development manager and senior software developer in Autodesk's Cambridge office in the United Kingdom. With deep technical expertise in graphics and solid modeling, Susanna contributed to the solid modeling kernel used by AutoCAD, Inventor and other Autodesk software products. Prior to Autodesk, Susanna was a software developer at D-Cubed where she consulted for Spatial Inc. (acquired by Dassault Systèmes) and where she contributed to the team building a geometric solid modeler. Susanna received her doctoral degree in mathematics from Heriot-Watt University and her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Susanna taught mathematics at the Open University and is a Women's Masters and Mixed Masters rowing champion.
- CMCarrie MorrisA natural problem-solver and numbers man at heart, Eric studied civil engineering in school before his love for building steered him towards a master’s degree in construction management. During more than 30 years in construction and engineering, he has combined the best of both worlds. Eric has been instrumental in setting up preconstruction processes and operation systems that continue to serve as a foundation for DPR Construction today. A founding member of DPR’s Management Committee for 28 years, he now serves on the Board of Directors. He continues to help the company identify new opportunities to increase efficiencies in project delivery and better serve customers.
- SPStephen PrestonStephen has worked with Forge since before it was called Forge. Formerly manager of the global Forge developer support and evangelist team, he is now responsible for Forge business strategy - which includes pricing and launching new Forge APIs. Stephen recently relocated from the SF Bay Area to Portland, Oregon; where he spends way too much time installing smart home components in his new house.
- JQJim QuanciWith more than 30 years of engineering and design experience, Jim Quanci has spent the last 25 years developing relationships for Autodesk with technology partners around the world. He oversees a global network of 4000+ software partners – ISVs, Consultants, and Autodesk customers - who customize, complement and extend Autodesk Cloud, Mobile and Desktop technologies. He is currently leading creation of a new cloud based ecosystem of partners leveraging Autodesk’s Forge web services Platform.