General Session Part Two

Description

Key Learnings

Speakers

• DC

  Diana Colella

  As executive vice president of Autodesk's Media & Entertainment (M&E) solutions group, Diana plays a key role in growing and expanding the software company's presence in film & television production, as well as video game development. She leads a 400-person team on both the strategy and execution of Autodesk's award-winning media & entertainment products, including Maya, 3ds Max, Flow Capture and Flow Production Tracking. She believes the future of the film & TV industry will be through envisioning and enabling production in the cloud and is leading her team to achieve that vision by building Autodesk Flow, the Autodesk industry cloud for M&E. In the two decades that Diana has been with Autodesk, she has occupied a wide range of leadership roles, which rapidly deepened her extensive experience in strategically transforming business models, creating new product offerings and optimizing processes on a global scale. Diana is a strong advocate for women in the company, previously leading Montreal's chapter of the Autodesk Women's Network to great acclaim. Now, as the executive sponsor of the global program, she helps empower women at all levels of Autodesk to achieve their full potential. Diana holds a Master of Business Administration from McGill – HEC University in Montreal, Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from Concordia University in Montreal and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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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.
• SR

  Scott Reese

  SVP, Product Development & Manufacturing
• AB

  Amy Bunszel

  Amy is an executive vice president at Autodesk, leading Autodesk's architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) solutions portfolio. She leads a global team in developing and delivering AI powered desktop, web, and mobile apps that have been adopted by millions of design, engineering and construction professionals worldwide. Amy is responsible for product and industry strategy, as well as software development for Autodesk's AEC design and make solutions including the Autodesk AEC Collection, Autodesk Forma, AutoCAD family, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Civil 3D, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and more. Before this role, she also led the manufacturing design and media and entertainment solutions teams. Prior to that, she transformed Autodesk's best-selling AutoCAD product line into a modern multi-platform offering that serves as the backbone of the company's subscription business. Amy is passionate about helping customers achieve better outcomes— be they cost, schedule, carbon, occupant experience, and more. She enjoys connecting the dots between strategy and large-scale product execution, as well as building high-performing teams to deliver value to customers. With over 30 years' experience, she has worked in technology as an entrepreneur, innovator, and software company founder. Amy holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She serves on the board of directors of Pixelworks (PXLW) and is a member of the President's Council for Cornell Women, the Entrepreneurship Program at Cornell, and The Athena Alliance.