Amy Bunszel — CEO
Amy Bunszel is a globally recognized technology executive, product strategist, and board leader with over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation across the architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), manufacturing, and entertainment industries in companies with over $6B revenue. She has deep expertise in product strategy, operational leadership, engineering, and customer experience, and she has led business model shifts to subscription, growing recurring revenue to 90% and contributing to the tripling of Autodesk's market valuation. She is recognized for scaling global portfolios, executing $1.8B in acquisitions, and building high-trust, high-performing teams. Amy has served on several boards, and was most recently an independent board director at Pixelworks (Nasdaq: PXLW), where she sat on the Nom/Gov and Compensation Committees. At the Cornell University College of Engineering, Amy serves on the College Council, which supports strategic planning for over 4,500 students. She also served as Vice Chair and Committee Chair on the Board of Alpha Phi International Fraternity, a network of 200,000+ members. As Executive Vice President at Autodesk, Amy oversees a global team of 2,200 with a $460M budget and leads Autodesk’s AEC business, which accounts for 74% of the company's revenue and delivers AI-powered SaaS and desktop solutions. Her leadership fueled Autodesk’s successful transition from perpetual to subscription licensing, grew AEC and AutoCAD revenue from $2.3B to $4.5B, and consistently achieved high product satisfaction and retention. Amy is known for transforming legacy software like AutoCAD into cloud-connected, cross-platform products, scaling customer-centric innovation via design thinking to 2,000+ practitioners, and leading Autodesk’s largest acquisition to date, valued at $1B. She is credited with growing Autodesk’s recurring revenue to 90% and contributing to tripling its stock price. From her roots as a co-founder of a CAD startup, Amy has built deep expertise in product innovation, global leadership, and agile development. She has certifications with Harvard Business School, the Stanford Directors College, the DCRO Institute and eCornell. A frequent speaker on digital transformation, leadership, and AI, Amy has been recognized as one of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Technology and one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business. She is a member of the Athena Alliance and Cornell’s President’s Council. In her free time, Amy enjoys kayaking, Red Sox baseball, gardening, and global culinary travel.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Executive with extensive experience in digital transformation and leadership.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 31 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Leadership
- Product Development
Career Highlights
- Led Autodesk's transition to subscription licensing.
- Grew AEC and AutoCAD revenue from $2.3B to $4.5B.
- Recognized as one of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Technology.
Work Experience
Autodesk
Executive Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction (5 yrs 5 mos)
Senior Vice President, Design and Creation Products (3 yrs 1 mo)
Vice President, Digital Engineering Products (1 yr 9 mos)
Vice President, AutoCAD Products (5 yrs 1 mo)
Sr. Director, Digital Engineering (2 yrs 10 mos)
Director, Mechanical Design Products (4 yrs 11 mos)
Product Manager, Inventor (2 yrs 1 mo)
Pixelworks
Board Member (6 yrs)
Linius Technologies
Director Product Management (7 yrs)
Viewlogic
Applications Engineer (1 yr)
Education
BSEE at Cornell University
MS EE at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Stanford Directors' College at Stanford Law School
Board Members Course on Risk at DCRO Risk Governance Institute
Executive Education at Harvard Business School
Certificate at Cornell University
Certificate at Cornell University