Andrew Anagnost vs James Heppelmann

Andrew Anagnost

CEO of Autodesk

BIO: Mr. Andrew Anagnost has been Chief Executive Officer and President at Autodesk, Inc. since June 19, 2017. Mr. Anagnost served as Senior Vice President of Industry Strategy & Marketing at Autodesk Limited. Mr. Anagnost served as Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk, Inc. since March 2012 and served as its Chief Marketing Officer and Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer from February 8, 2017 to June 19, 2017. He was responsible for overall marketing direction and resources including the Autodesk's vertical and cross-industry strategy and marketing, business model transformation and evolution. He has more than 20 years of product, business and marketing experience that he has to leadership of Industry Strategy and Marketing (ISM) for Autodesk. Prior to this role, Mr. Anagnost served as Vice President of Product Suites, Web Services & Subscription (SWSS) organization where he drove strategy and business development for the Design Suite Family and the Subscription offering. He was responsible for defining the business model that is helping to transform Autodesk from a desktop software provider to a hybrid desktop and online solutions provider. Mr. Anagnost began his career at Autodesk as Partners Program Manager in 1997. During the six years that followed, Mr. Anagnost served as Director of New Business Development and Director of Product Management. He served as Senior Director of Marketing at Autodesk, Inc. since 2003 and promoted to Senior Director of CAD, CAE and ETO products. In 2007, he was named Vice President of CAD/CAE products for the manufacturing division. Prior to joining Autodesk, He was employed at Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company as a composite structures engineer and later worked as a propulsion installation engineer. After leaving Lockheed, he completed a Doctorate degree at Stanford University and spent several years under contract with NASA and as a NRC post-doctoral fellow. After his fellowship, Mr. Anagnost held positions in sales, marketing and product management for the ventured funded simulation vendor EXA Corporation. He has been a Director at Autodesk, Inc. since June 19, 2017. Mr. Anagnost holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the California State University and holds both an MS in Engineering Science and a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

James Heppelmann

CEO of PTC

BIO: Mr. James E. Heppelmann, also known as Jim, has been the Chief Executive Officer of PTC Inc. since October 1, 2010 and has been its President since March 4, 2009. Mr. Heppelmann served as the Chief Operating Officer of PTC Inc. from March 4, 2009 to September 2010, its Chief Product Officer since February 2003 until February 2009, its Executive Vice President of Software solutions from June 2001 to January 2003 and its Chief Technology Officer since June 2001 until January 2003. He was responsible for PTC's overall product direction, including coordination of PTC product vision and strategy, product design and development and product marketing and management. Mr. Heppelmann has been involved in the information technology industry since 1985 and has extensive experience developing and deploying large-scale information systems within the manufacturing marketplace. Mr. Heppelmann Co-founded Windchill Technology, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Marketing and Chief Technology Officer from October 1996 to January 1998. He served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Windchill Solutions from November 2000 to June 2001. He served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Windchill Netmarkets from July 2000 to November 2000 and Senior Vice President of Windchill from January 1998 to July 2000. Mr. Heppelmann served as the Chief Technical Officer of Metaphase, Inc. from 1992 to 1997. He served with Control Data Corporation (now known as Syntegra) for seven years since 1985 until it formed as Metaphase in 1992. He has been a Director of PTC Inc. since 2008. Mr. Heppelmann has been a Director of Sensata Technologies Holding NV since August 1, 2014. He serves as a Director of Syncline. He serves as a Member of National FIRST Executive Advisory board of Parametric Technology Corp. He is on the Dean's Advisory Board of the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. He published and quoted in numerous business and trade publications, including The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, VARBusiness Magazine and MSI Magazine. Mr. Heppelmann speaks regularly at product development and manufacturing industry events on topics such as PLM, digital value chain integration and gaining competitive advantage through product development process improvement and global product development. Mr. Heppelmann attended University of Minnesota, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Computer-aided design.