SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2014--
Today, Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced R. Scott Herren will join the company
as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective November
1, 2014. Herren, who is currently serving as senior vice president of
finance at Citrix, will bring 30 years of financial, strategic and
operational experience to Autodesk. He will be based in San Francisco
and report to Autodesk President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Bass.
“I am excited Scott has agreed to join Autodesk and look forward to
having him on the team,” said Bass. “Scott’s broad mix of financial,
sales and product management experience will be a fantastic addition to
Autodesk. His leadership at Citrix, which like us, is tapping into cloud
and mobile computing to help customers work better, will benefit
Autodesk in our transition to a more recurring, subscription-based
business model over the coming years.”
Herren has spent the past 14 years at Citrix, a leader in mobile
workspaces, virtualization, networking and cloud services. He currently
leads the company’s finance, accounting, tax, treasury, investor
relations, real estate and facilities teams. Prior to his current role,
Herren held a variety of leadership roles at Citrix including vice
president and managing director for EMEA and vice president and general
manager of the company’s virtualization systems group. Before joining
Citrix in 2000, he spent 16 years in senior strategy and financial
positions at FedEx and IBM.
“At Citrix, I spent time studying Autodesk and its move to a cloud and
subscription model, and so had insight into the company and was
impressed with what I saw,” said Herren. “I’m thrilled to join Autodesk
and this fantastic senior leadership team during this exciting time.”
About Autodesk
Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world.
Everyone--from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital
artists, students and hobbyists--uses Autodesk software to unlock their
creativity and solve important challenges. For more information
visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.
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subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All
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notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors
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