Anagnost Andrew (Andrew Anagnost)

Anagnost Andrew (Andrew Anagnost)

Education

Andrew Anagnost graduated from Stanford University and has an academic degree in the field of aviation engineering and computer sciences.

Career

Anagnost started the career in Lockheed Aeronautical Systems company and was a member of scientific community of the research center of Ames in NASA.

1997: A beginning of the career in Autodesk

Andrew Anagnost began work in Autodesk in 1997. For the career in the company held different technical and strategic positions there, in particular, headed development of Autodesk Inventor. As the senior vice president for business strategy and marketing he directed transition to sales on a subscription and distribution of cloud products of the company.

2017: Appointment of Autodesk as the CEO

In June, 2017 Andrew Anagnost is appointed the president and the CEO of Autodesk company. He will also join Autodesk the board.

The Board of Directors is glad that Andrew will head Autodesk at a new stage of its development — the chairman of the board of directors of Autodesk Crawford Beveridge says. — He played an important role in transition of the company to a new business model. And we are sure that under its management our way to a subscription and cloud computing will be same successful.

Andrew Anagnost headed Autodesk instead of Carl Bass who resigned the authority in February, 2017 to find more time for personal interests, including robotics. Since that moment of Anagnost fulfilled duties of the co-director and marketing director of the company.

Amar Hanspal who on an equal basis with Anagnost ran Autodesk after Bass's resignation decided to leave the company. The reason of this solution is not stated.^[1]

In the open letter to employees of Anagnost called "bitter" the solution Hanspala on leaving Autodesk.

As many of you know, Amar and I shared experience and together solved uncountable problems. To me really sadly to see that it leaves. I would like to express the sincere gratitude and gratitude for its 30 years' work and everything that he undertook to make Autodesk, our command and our products magnificent — the new head of the company wrote.

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