Sean Manzanares
Senior Manager
Autodesk
Sean Manzanares is a Senior Manager for Autodesk and is responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy of the design & manufacturing software portfolio for the North America and Asia-Pacific regions.
As the US Country Manager, Sean brings 25+ years of engineering and industry experience in the mechanical design sector. He has held many design and engineering positions in multiple commercial and government organizations including: Storage Technology (Oracle), Sundstrand (UTC), General Atomics and NASA (Johnson Space Center) in the US.
Sean’s experience in the engineering arena positioned him for his current charter in the CAD industry where he has led a successful 20+ year tenure in leadership positions at Siemens, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, and now Autodesk.
As a member of the Autodesk Business Strategy and Marketing team, Sean’s passion is ensuring manufacturers are positioned to take advantage of the Future of Making Things today.
Recent Events and Presentations
Building High-Performance SME Clusters for American Competitiveness in the 21st Century
The U.S. needs to cultivate more and better clusters of small and medium-sized (SME) manufacturing firms in order to compete in a global industry with an increased reliance on smart manufacturing technologies. Join ITIF for a morning conference exploring how digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, 3D printing, and the Internet of Things are reshaping modern manufacturing and what policymakers can do to help foster high-performance SME manufacturing clusters.
