Topics include architectural industry insight featuring Autodesk® architectural software, including AutoCAD®, Revit®, and Architectural Desktop.
Daniel Hughes has over nine years of practical experience in architecture and was an Autodesk Dealership owner for 15 years. He has knowledge in every version of AutoCAD since R1.x and has in-depth knowledge of the processes and needs of architectural firms and a long history with the Autodesk architectural products. Dan was a consultant to Autodesk's AutoCAD release 14 Development Team and a Network Engineer for Autodesk products-Network Versions / Network OS Windows NT/2000. He has sold and supported AutoCAD architectural solutions to architectural firms, A/E firms, contractors, residential homebuilders, and facility planning-engineering departments and is a Certified Instructor within the WI Vocational Technical College System for five different AutoCAD courses on eight campuses.
Topics include civil engineering industry insight featuring Autodesk® civil engineering software, including AutoCAD®, Land Desktop, and Civil 3D®.
Doug Benoit is a Professional Engineer, licensed in the State of Minnesota and Wisconsin. He understands the needs of today's engineering and civil/surveying firms as a result of his extensive experience with Autodesk's civil/survey applications. Doug is an Autodesk Implementation Certified Expert for Autodesk® Civil 3D, and Autodesk certified for AutoCAD and Autodesk® Land Desktop. He's been an excellent resource for consulting, implementation, software training and technical support assistance.
Topics include manufacturing industry insight featuring Autodesk® manufacturing software, including AutoCAD® and Autodesk Inventor®.
Caleb Funk began his career as a professional CAD instructor after a short stint as a production draftsman, and has 10+ yrs CAD experience starting with AutoCAD R12. He enjoys sharing his knowledge of drafting and solid modeling best practices, and is well known for his versatility and extensive knowledge of CAD software. He is a Solid Modeling Expert; MicroStation Certified Instructor, and has Authored MicroStation courseware for the Florida Department of Transportation. Caleb is PSE and ATC Certified in AutoCAD, AutoCAD® Mechanical, AutoCAD® Electrical, and Autodesk Inventor.
Topics feature Autodesk industrial design software, including Autodesk® AliasStudio™, ImageStudio, PortfolioWall®, and Autodesk® Showcase™.
Shad Hardy is currently the industrial design business development manager for IMAGINiT Technologies. His background includes working for Alias as a project manager to global automotive OEMs. At Ford, Shad was as an Alias modeler on such projects as the new Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner. Early on in Shad’s career, he worked at General Motors in the prestigious Cadillac design studio as well as the Pontiac and Saturn studios modeling show car and production exteriors and interiors using Alias AutoStudio. Shad got his start at Arctic Cat right out of art school designing snowmobiles and ATVs. Shad has a son named Sawyer who most say is his "mini me". Amy, his wife is the support behind his hectic schedule.
Topics include entertainment and design visualization industry insight featuring Autodesk® visualization software, including Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® VIZ.
Mark Gerhard serves as an Autodesk webboard forum assistant for the 3ds Max forums. He has seventeen years experience with 3D Studio and 3ds Max products and was the first application engineer at Autodesk dedicated to the multimedia products. Mark has taught 3D modeling and animation at various colleges and universities, and one of the first 3D Studio instructors training most of the original dealer channel and educators around the world, including Ted Boardman. Along with all his experience Mark was the Autodesk lead writer for 3ds Max versions 3-6 tutorials and served as technical editor on numerous books regarding 3D Studio.
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