Amy Bunszel

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States31 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key 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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Executive with extensive experience in digital transformation and leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyLeadershipProduct Development

Other Skills

AI-powered SaaSAgile MethodologiesAnalyticsBoard of DirectorsBusiness AlliancesChannel PartnersCloud ComputingCross-functional Team LeadershipData AnalyticsMobile DevicesMulti-channel MarketingPartner ManagementPricing StrategyProduct ManagementProfessional Services

About

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.

Experience

Autodesk

7 roles

Executive Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Promoted

Oct 2020Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • (Nasdaq: ADSK) an F1000 company and global leader in design‑to‑make software that employs approximately 15,300 people worldwide and generates annual revenue of approximately $6B. Reports to the CEO and oversees the largest industry segment for Autodesk, accounting for 74% of revenue. Leads industry and product strategy and development for Autodesk's portfolio of AEC software, including the Autodesk AEC Collection, AutoCAD Family, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Civil3D, Autodesk Water, Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and more.
  • Operates as a chief product officer, chief UX officer, and head of global engineering, and leads a team of over 2,200 to deliver industry leading AI-powered Saas and desktop products and services. Oversees a $460M budget.
  • Led the largest acquisition in the company’s history ($1B valuation) with over 250 people and over $800M in additional acquisitions; led deal sourcing, strategy, due diligence, and successful integrations.
  • Delivered 25% faster capabilities, sped development through AI, and instilled a platform mindset across all 2,200 FTEs.
  • Drove growth of AEC and AutoCAD revenue from $2.3B in FY20 to $4.5B in FY25, a 14.2% CAGR.
  • Ideates, develops, and launches products to drive digital transformation across the AEC industry with AI powered capabilities using granular data and data analytics; delivered $500M in revenue and expected to grow twice as fast as the market.
  • Deliver product satisfaction of over 4 on a 5-point scale; net revenue retention is consistently between 100-110%.
  • Led the highest employee engagement scores in the company, achieving the mid-90% with 96% desired retention, while optimizing people and portfolio investments.
Product ManagementProduct StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentAI-powered SaaS+1

Senior Vice President, Design and Creation Products

Promoted

Sep 2017Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Promoted to report to the CEO and oversee product strategy and execution for Autodesk’s 3D design and creation portfolio, including the Autodesk Product Collections, AutoCAD Family, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Maya and more. Led a global team of 1,200 with a $200M annual budget.
  • Developed and delivered highly adopted hybrid desktop products, web services, and mobile apps that provided more than 90% of Autodesk’s $2B annual recurring revenue and 90% of its 3.5M subscribers.
  • Transformed Autodesk’s largest product, AutoCAD, from an outdated program to a modern multi-platform cloud-connected offering that drove Autodesk’s license-to-subscription business model transformation.
  • Matured the user experience practice to ensure strong renewal rates and a cohesive experience across many products, while delivering unquestioned value to customers.
  • Built new decision-making frameworks leveraging customer usage analytics and qualitative data to drive successful investment in end-to-end customer experience.
  • Drove practice excellence across product management as executive sponsor of the Product Management Leadership Guild, a 200+ cohort.
  • Led 95% retention and achieved an 86% engagement rate, three points higher than the external benchmark, and ahead of company scores.
Product ManagementProduct StrategyUser ExperienceSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Vice President, Digital Engineering Products

Dec 2015Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Tapped to take on two additional product lines, lead a budget of over $95M, drive $1.5B in revenue, and lead a cross-functional, global team of over 700 world-class product managers, user experience professionals, software engineers, and technologists. Developed product strategy and grew revenue and subscribers across the design, manufacturing, and automotive industries.
  • Added responsibility for Autodesk Inventor, the 3D flagship mechanical design product and Autodesk’s automotive products; nearly doubled the organization’s size and revenue impact to $1.5B and achieved a nearly 9% 5-year CAGR prior to subscription transition.
  • Led multi-platform software used by >1.5M subscribers (60% of all Autodesk subscribers). Portfolio included the AutoCAD Family, Inventor Family, ReCap, Alias and VRED, used by >12M people worldwide.
  • Built and launched a series of design thinking-based courses, to deliver more customer centered innovation and satisfaction; the program was so successful that it scaled to over 2,000+ FTE at Autodesk.
  • Partnered with Board of Directors and Enterprise Risk Management to develop a risk appetite, associated strategy, and manage and mitigate risk across existing and new product development.
  • Served on the Pricing and Packaging Committee to support the transition of cloud and cloud-connected products to a subscription model, which moved the company from 40% to 90% recurring revenue.
Product ManagementProduct StrategyUser ExperienceSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Vice President, AutoCAD Products

Promoted

Nov 2010Dec 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Promoted to lead global team of over 350, and worked in the U.S., China, Singapore, and Israel to oversee the product strategy and execution of Autodesk’s AutoCAD product family for 10M desktop users and 8M web and mobile users worldwide. Generated $1B in revenue annually and oversaw a $50M annual budget.
  • Transitioned team from waterfall software development to agile methodologies and reduced FTEs by 25% while delivering more capability and high-quality products on Windows, MAC, Web (HTML5), iOS and Android.
  • Transformed the culture of the organization from silos to a high-trust, innovative team across User Experience, Product Management and Software Development; delivering more customer value and increased revenue.
  • Developed and launched a new “Documentation as a Service” product that enabled AutoCAD to become a multi-platform cloud-enabled offering and grew the successful business line from zero to 6B files opened 2M to 5M times per day by clients.
Product ManagementAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentProduct StrategyLeadership

Sr. Director, Digital Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2008Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Promoted to expand on successes in prior role; oversaw portfolio, including Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2D mechanical and electrical offerings. Added to continued responsibility for Inventor (3D mechanical design).
  • Tapped to lead the full development cycle, including teams in software architecture, user experience, and software development with FTEs in North America, Shanghai, Singapore, and the Czech Republic.
  • Developed product strategy, sales tool kits, competitive benchmarking, road map adjustments, and partnered with product development, sales, and marketing to move from an underdog position to a market leader.
  • Executed several technology acquisition tuck-ins from sourcing, due diligence, and integration, to strengthen portfolio competitiveness.
  • Evaluated portfolio products and built strategy to retire products that were no longer viable, including the end-of-sale/end-of-life process.
Product ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProduct Strategy

Director, Mechanical Design Products

Promoted

Feb 2003Jan 2008 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Promoted to develop product strategy and partner with product development, sales, and marketing to successfully expand the portfolio and clients.
  • Guided successful complex negotiations around the product roadmap with internal stakeholders.
Product ManagementSoftware Development

Product Manager, Inventor

Feb 2003Mar 2005 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Retained post-acquisition of Linius to drive the integration of the acquired company. Capability still shipping via Inventor’s Cable and Harness module.

Pixelworks

Board Member

May 2019May 2025 · 6 yrs · San Jose, CA

  • A $26M in market cap, fabless semiconductor company that provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery, and display processing solutions and technology.
  • Independent Board Member, and Member of Nom Gov and Compensation committees

Linius technologies

Director Product Management

Jan 1996Jan 2003 · 7 yrs · Greater Boston

  • Linius Technologies, a CAD (Computer Aided Design) software startup focused on automating the design of wire harnesses typically found in all kinds of equipment and machinery. Acquired by Autodesk in 2003.
  • Co-founder and first applications engineer and product manager. Developed the business plan and secured funding.
  • Led product strategy and all external communications, including marketing/PR, product demonstrations, learning, and training.
Board of Directors

Viewlogic

Applications Engineer

Jan 1995Jan 1996 · 1 yr

Education

Cornell University

BSEE — Electrical Engineering

Jan 1985Jan 1989

University of Massachusetts Amherst

MS EE — Electrical Engineering

Jan 1989Jan 1991

Stanford Law School

Stanford Directors' College

Jun 2024Present

DCRO Risk Governance Institute

Board Members Course on Risk — Risk Governance

Jul 2021Present

Harvard Business School

Executive Education — Innovation

Cornell University

Certificate — AI For Digital Transformation

Aug 2025Present

Cornell University

Certificate — Financial Management

May 2020Present

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