Jan Becker was Promoted as Chief Human Resources Officer at Autodesk

Date of management change: December 15, 2016 

What Happened?

San Rafael, CA-based Autodesk Promoted Jan Becker as Chief Human Resources Officer

 

About the Company

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you`ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you`ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. Autodesk is consistently named a Great Place to Work®, globally. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we`d love for you to join us. We`re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 9000 employees worldwide.

 

About the Person

Jan Becker has been a Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief of Corporate Real Estate and Senior Vice President at Autodesk Limited since December 2016. Ms. Becker served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Corporate Real Estate at Autodesk, Inc. since June 2000 until December 2016. She is responsible for worldwide Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities and Community Relations of Autodesk, Inc. Ms. Becker joined Autodesk Inc. in September 1992. She served as Vice President of Autodesk, Inc. and its Senior Director of HR for the Design Solutions Division since 2000. She also managed the HR Future team, a group focused on helping Autodesk transform itself into a new-economy company. Her initial role was to create a worldwide training and leadership development function for Autodesk while simultaneously serving as the Human Resources Director for the Americas. In 1997, Ms. Becker became the HR Business Partner for one of the core divisions of Autodesk, while continuing to lead the Training and Organization Development activities for it. Before joining Autodesk, Ms. Becker held a variety of senior management positions at Sun Microsystems. Initially, she managed the Compensation and Benefits group and then served as the Director of Sun University. Prior to her time at Sun, Ms. Becker worked as the Management Development Manager for Activision and spent five years in Digital Equipment Corporation in Europe, first in Switzerland and then in the UK as Human Resources Manager. She began her career as an HR Information Systems Specialist for Hewlett-Packard. Ms. Becker Graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.

 

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