Shaan Hurley

About the Blog:

Disclaimer:
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The content of this site are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway. In addition, my thoughts and opinions often change, and as a weblog is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot you should not consider out of date posts to reflect my current thoughts and opinions.

Blogs (short for "weblogs") date back to the beginning of the web.

While not everything is the official Autodesk opinion, endorsement, or recommendation, it is a blog from an Autodesk employee. This approach provides direct contact between customers and Autodesk personnel most familiar with our products. It is one effect method in breaking down the wall that separates customers from those in Autodesk. I think the visitors get the feeling of content that may be more informal and timely. You never really know what I will post up here and that adds to some of the draw in my opinion.

Our customers enjoy seeing more of a face to those here at Autodesk. At Autodesk we develop products that many of these customers use daily for many hours. In much of the information they see from Autodesk there may not really be a personal view, insight or connection. I also try to point out potential new trends in technology such as the new TabletPC and what that can mean to you in the field when you want to view or mark up drawings easily.

Autodesk already has some very great marketing and tips and tutorial content on the web and in print, so I am not out to mimic that but add quick bit size nuggets of information that may interest them in our products as well as technology or resources.

About Me:

I have worked for Autodesk since 1998 currently as a Platform Technology Evangelist for the AutoCAD & Platform Products Division which includes the world famous AutoCAD product. As an avid Autodesk software user since 1989 I am a current user of many Autodesk products. I used many of the Autodesk products as a customer prior to joining Autodesk in 1998. Previously a mechanical designer involved in various large projects. Some of the design and construction projects in his past are AISC major steel bridges, hydroelectric, structural steel, process piping, large heat exchangers and ASME pressure vessels even the mechanical design of a self contained and self powered commercial submarine.
Featured as a "bleeding edge" customer during the AutoCAD R14 Design Your World Live broadcast in May 1997, and also included on the AutoCAD R14 demo CD-ROM.

I spend much of my time speaking with Autodesk customers and traveling to meet with them around the world and take their feedback and suggestions back to the product development teams.

Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley
415.507.8432
shaan.hurley@autodesk.com

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