When Things Go Right​: Women-Owned Industry Success in AEC and Tech

Description

Key Learnings

• Experience polling, breakouts, and a timeline driving a guidebook of how to empower women in their industry.
• Learn about the impact of women’s issues on daily work and interactions.
• Gain thoughtful ways of addressing issues in the workplace.
• See examples of when things went right.

Speakers

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  Steffie Cipollina
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  Sabina Poole

  I work within the AEC Audiences Plan + Design team as an Architecture Industry Marketing Manager. I work closely with industry strategy, product, campaign development, and demand gen teams to amplify Autodesk's products and services for architects and designers of the built environment.
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  Heather Lech

  Heather has held various roles in product development at Autodesk including Quality Analyst, Experience Designer, Product Owner and Product Manager. She is also a licensed architect, practicing in the field for eight years before joining Autodesk. Her current role is Product Manager for the Unified Design platform, which is part of the AEC Design Group. In her current role, she delivers value to AEC customers and the Autodesk business by researching, designing, prioritizing and planning releasable work. She uses her expertise in both the AEC domain and the software development process, while balancing customer feedback and Autodesk strategy, to continuously deliver short-term quality improvements and longer-term product vision so that customers see the value in Spacemaker and the Autodesk subscription.
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  Raquel Bascones Recio

  Raquel studied for her Masters in Architecture at the Technical University of Madrid. She then worked as an Architect in a small practice in Madrid. In 2011 she won a runner-up award in the ‘Europan 11’ competition for young European architects. Her interest in sustainable urban design, accessibility and public realm design led her to study a Master’s in Landscape Architecture. In 2013 Raquel moved to London and worked on several sports, public realm, resort and masterplanning projects including the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar and Four Seasons Montenegro. Raquel joined Populous in 2015 to lead the transition to BIM in the Landscape Team. She developed best practices and protocols for Landscape, as well as managed the BIM models. Raquel also participated in AU 2016 as a speaker on 'The secret to landscape modeling with Revit'. In 2017, Raquel moved to Barcelona to join Autodesk as an Implementation Consultant.
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  Emily Bisaga Dunne

  Emily Bisaga Dunne is currently the Industry Outcomes Lead for Building Design at Autodesk. In this global, strategic and operational position, she leverages expertise from experience in the AEC industry to help Autodesk understand key business outcomes for architectural and engineering technology customers. As one of the most passionate professionals regarding BIM, Generative Design and Cloud Solutions, Emily is driven to ensure innovative technology adoption and usher the AEC industry into the next generation of design technology. Emily has several years of experience working in the AEC industry on a variety of building typologies, from retail to multi-family development and throughout all phases of design, with focus in design development. Emily has worked for CBT Architects, MulvannyG2 Architects and Tsoi Kobus and Associates. Emily attended CUA, RISD + BLS in earning her Master of Architecture degree, concentration in Real Estate Development, Bachelor of Interior Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.
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  Tiffany Bachmeier

  Tiffany Bachmeier leads an amazing global team of brilliant consultants focused on automotive, manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, and media & entertainment solutions. She has a strong passion for the convergence of methodologies across all industry segments and is excited to see the transformation that it is enabling. Before management, her primary focus was as a technical consultant for AutoCAD Electrical, but she also focused on AutoCAD, Inventor, and a variety of other products in the Autodesk family. She is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and she (and team) has won awards for developing a full line of online, live, instructor-led training classes for the Autodesk manufacturing products. Before becoming a consultant she earned her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University (MSU) and she worked in many different industries gaining valuable knowledge and experience, including electrical engineering, interior design/architecture, mechanical engineering, and software engineering, and she was part of MSU’s CAD Development Team. She started on AutoCAD R10 and has carried a strong passion for Autodesk products ever since.
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  Jenna Pellegrino

  As a part of the Customer Success team at Autodesk, Jenna works with clients to drive adoption and generate scalability for the BIM360 product portfolio.Jenna aims to bridge the gap between technology and user processes to empower clients to optimize their workflows.Prior to joining Autodesk, Jenna worked in Construction Management at Skanska. Starting her career as a Content Specialist, Jenna collaborated on innovation/technology business strategy and user interface design. Taking a more technical route, she implemented Virtual Design and Technology processes and technology to construction projects. As a natural next step, Jenna worked in project management where she could integrate her technical background and manage construction projects for higher education and corporate clients.Jenna holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology.