{"id":4942,"date":"2019-03-25T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/pressrelease\/autodesk-appoints-blake-irving-to-board-of-directors"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:09:48","slug":"autodesk-appoints-blake-irving-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"pressrelease","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/pressrelease\/autodesk-appoints-blake-irving-to-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Appoints Blake Irving to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN RAFAEL, Calif., March 25, 2019 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2413335-1&amp;h=3137683829&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autodesk.com%2F&amp;a=Autodesk%2C+Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Autodesk, Inc.<\/a> (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2413335-1&amp;h=562484223&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autodesk.com%2Fcompany%2Fnewsroom%2Fcorporate-info%2Fexecutive-bios%2Fblake-irving&amp;a=Blake+Irving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blake Irving<\/a> to its Board of Directors, effective March 22, 2019. Irving has more than 25 years of executive leadership experience, having most recently served as chief executive officer of GoDaddy where he reshaped the domain-name company\u00a0into a global cloud platform before a successful IPO. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4944 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BlakeIrving_GoDaddy_2013-236x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BlakeIrving_GoDaddy_2013-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BlakeIrving_GoDaddy_2013-805x1024.png 805w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BlakeIrving_GoDaddy_2013-700x890.png 700w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BlakeIrving_GoDaddy_2013.png 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/> &#8220;Blake is a proven technology leader who brings a wealth of executive knowledge to the Autodesk board,&#8221; said Andrew\u00a0Anagnost, Autodesk president and CEO. &#8220;Having been at the forefront of innovation for cloud platforms and subscription services, Blake&#8217;s expertise will help inform Autodesk as we work to accelerate the delivery of self-service and automation capabilities to our entire ecosystem.&#8221; &#8220;Blake has a deep understanding of what it takes to grow a large company,&#8221; said Stacy Smith, chairman of the board of Autodesk. &#8220;His experience leading GoDaddy, and growing Yahoo! and Microsoft&#8217;s business, will no doubt bring valuable insights to Autodesk.&#8221; Prior to GoDaddy, Irving served as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Yahoo!, where\u00a0he was responsible for the company&#8217;s global consumer and advertiser product portfolio and grew\u00a0its active users\u00a0from 550 million to nearly\u00a0one\u00a0billion\u00a0during his tenure. Irving also spent 15 years in senior roles at Microsoft, most recently as\u00a0Corporate Vice President of Global Cloud Platforms\u00a0where he\u00a0led efforts to build and operate an efficient, global Internet-scale services platform. Irving serves\u00a0on the\u00a0boards of\u00a0directors for\u00a0DocuSign and ZipRecruiter. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from San Diego State University and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. <b>About Autodesk<\/b> Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you&#8217;ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you&#8217;ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. <i>Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and\/or its subsidiaries and\/or affiliates in the USA and\/or other countries.\u00a0All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.\u00a0Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.<\/i> <i>\u00a9 2019 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/i> &nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=SF95195&amp;Transmission_Id=201903251605PR_NEWS_USPR_____SF95195&amp;DateId=20190325\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the appointment of Blake Irving to its Board of Directors, effective March 22, 2019. 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