Senior Director And Chief Of Staff
CurrentAEC SolutionsDesign & Creation ProductsDigital Manufacturing GroupConsumer Products GroupPlatform Solutions & Emerging BusinessRecruited from Adobe in late 2007 for new product development with the Collaboration Services Group.Investigated several new product and business opportunities, including primary and secondary research into web based collaboration and online interior design software. Took Homestyler.com from sketches and prospective customer interviews to a healthy production offering and ecosystem with 2M users per month and bookings exceeding $30M annually.From 2012 to 2015, as the Product Line Manager for the Autodesk Consumer Group Cloud Services Platform, drove strategy, definition, and agile product development for a platform supporting approximately 20 mobile, desktop, web services, and website clients. Developing requirements and driving delivery of early, term based, membership and subscription business models as well as providing guidance for online / offline application and community workflows.In 2015, led a small team of 15 in the development of a reference application for Autodesk’s 3D printing initiative.In February of 2016, promoted to Chief of Staff for Digital Manufacturing, leading strategic planning processes, helping to execute on strategic priorities that span across multiple departments and product lines, and working closely with the VP / GM and other departmental and product leadership to drive results across the division and company. Also helping to transform and drive the necessary divisional focus on manufacturing, by shepherding several non-focus product groups to timely transition or end of product life. Led the Autodesk Pier 9 operations and programs teams from September 2016 to September 2017.In September of 2017, promoted to Chief of Staff for Design & Creation Products, reporting to the Senior Vice President of this division, evolving into supporting the Executive Vice President of AEC Design.