{"id":52808,"date":"2025-05-12T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=52808"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:45:47","slug":"andy-elder-autodesk-chief-revenue-officer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/andy-elder-autodesk-chief-revenue-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk welcomes Andy Elder as new Chief Revenue Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 424px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-52820\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Andy-Elder-Leadership-Headshot_Retouch-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"424\" \/><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp; After a thorough search, I\u2019m very pleased to announce Andy Elder as our new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective May 12, 2025. Andy joins us from Microsoft, where he served as corporate vice president of Microsoft Security Solutions, leading a multibillion-dollar expansion of one of their fastest-growing business units. With Andy\u2019s deep Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales experience and impressive 25-year track record of driving growth at prominent technology companies\u2013including Cisco, Intel Security, Palo Alto Networks, and Riverbed Technology\u2013I\u2019m confident he\u2019ll bring the same innovation and energy to accelerate Autodesk\u2019s momentum and help us achieve our ambitious goals. Andy is a seasoned executive who believes sustainable success comes from solving customer problems through a combination of sales excellence, technical expertise, and innovative technology solutions. In addition to his work at Microsoft, Andy spent 13 years at Cisco where he transformed multiple technology segments into billion-dollar business units. He also pioneered innovative technology deployments in complex environments and consistently exceeded regional expansion targets across multiple continents. At Palo Alto Networks, Andy was responsible for leading the division that generated over three-quarters of company-wide business and spearheaded growth initiatives that put the company on track to nearly double its revenue. Andy brings a proven track record of achieving multi-year growth targets ahead of schedule with a history of successfully scaling businesses through critical transformation periods. Andy\u2019s approach will build upon Autodesk\u2019s strong revenue foundation and further enhance sales efficiency to increase customer lifecycle value across our global markets. Based in the Netherlands, Andy has lived and worked across Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, bringing a unique global perspective that will be invaluable as we continue to grow and evolve our go-to-market model. I\u2019m excited for Andy\u2019s arrival; together, we\u2019ll achieve great things ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasoned executive to drive global sales strategy and accelerate momentum starting May 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":52809,"template":"","categories":[29,295],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-52808","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-our_company","categories-people_and_culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andy Elder named Autodesk Chief Revenue Officer| Autodesk News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andy Elder joins Autodesk as Chief Revenue Officer, bringing 25 years of SaaS sales leadership from Microsoft, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks to accelerate our global momentum.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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