Andrew Anagnost

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Andrew Anagnost is the President and CEO of Autodesk, having been appointed to the positions in 2017. [1] He took over the positions from Carl Bass, who resigned in February 2017. [1] Before the promotion, he had served in various other roles for the company since joining in 1997. [2] He holds degrees from California State University, Northridge and Stanford University. [3]

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Early life and education

Anagnost grew up in Van Nuys, California and initially dropped out of high school. [3] After issues with legal and educational authorities, his family helped him enroll in a new high school and he went on to graduate. [3] Afterwards, Anagnost went on to earn a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 1987. [4] His mother, sister, and brother also graduated from CSUN. [4] During his bachelor's degree, Anagnost completed an internship at Lockheed Martin. [3] He later obtained an MS in engineering science and a PhD in aeronautical engineering with a minor in computer science from Stanford University. [5]

Career

Following graduation from his bachelor's, Anagnost initially worked as a composites structure engineer and propulsion installation engineer at Lockheed Martin, where he had previously interned. [3] [6] He left the position to pursue his further education at Stanford, leading to a position at the NASA Ames Research Center as a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow. [6] Finding the aeronautics business 'too slow', he joined the Exa Corporation in Boston in 1992, before joining Autodesk as a product manager in 1997. [7]

Early on in his career at Autodesk, he led development of the company’s manufacturing products and increased the revenue of Autodesk Inventor five-fold to more than $500 million. [5] [8] Working his way up through the company over the years, he achieved the position of Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of the Business Strategy & Marketing. In these roles, he was credited with Autodesk's transition to software as a service, as well as the adoption of cloud computing. [5] [8]

Following the resignation of Carl Bass, Anagnost was appointed as interim-CEO together with Amar Hanspal, the Chief Product Officer. [1] Following a four month search, Anagnost was permanently appointed as President and CEO of the company. [1] In this role, Anagnost has pushed for a refocus of the company on software for construction, leading to the demise of some other company ventures and a workforce slash which saw 1,200 employees lose their job at the company. [7] As part of the new focus, Autodesk acquired construction tech start-ups PlanGrid for $875 million, the company's biggest ever acquisition, and BuildingConnected for $275 million in 2018. [9] Additionally, since becoming CEO, the company's share price has nearly tripled and Autodesk has reached a market value of $41.1B, entering the Forbes Global 2000 and Fortune 500. [7] [10] [11]

Personal life and philanthropy

Growing up, Anagnost's dream job was to work on space ships for NASA. [12] He enjoys reading science fiction novels, with The Fountains of Paradise being one of his favorite works, and is a fan of both the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. [12]

In 2018, Anagnost was one of the judges in the Annual Engineering Showcase at his alma mater CSUN and hosted a talk at the university. [13] [14] The following year he was rewarded with the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from CSUN. [15] That same year, Anagnost and his wife donated $300,000 to the university to establish the Teresa Sendra-Anagnost Memorial Scholarship Endowment in honor of his mother, who died in 2011 after suffering complications from cardiac surgery. [4] The endowment supports outstanding students in the university's College of Engineering and Computer Science through funding of their education. [4] Autodesk also donated $1 million to CSUN in 2020 to support the founding and construction of a Center for Integrated Design and Advanced Manufacturing at the university. [16]

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