Autodesk Restructure Streamlines Operations Across South Asia Pacific

Australia's Andr� Pravaz Extends Management Region To Include India and Appoints New Local Distributors 

Australia, April 2, 2002-Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today created a new South Asia Pacific (SAPac) management structure, adding India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to the previous Autodesk South East Asia Pacific (SEAPac) Region. Andr� Pravaz, Autodesk's Regional Director, based in Sydney, takes responsibility for the new expanded SAPac region. Tech Pacific (NZ) Limited and Tech Pacific (India) Limited has been appointed as the Autodesk Distributor for New Zealand and India respectively.

According to Mr. Andr� Pravaz, "Autodesk's decision to include its Indian operation within the SAPac management structure is designed to streamline management resources and enhance customer service capability."

As part of the restructure, Autodesk has bolstered the management team in Australia and Singapore, with new regional roles for Sales Development, Pre-Sales Support, Marketing, Major Accounts and Channel Management.

Mr. Pravaz leads a senior, experienced management team to provide customers with complete customer care. The Divisions set up to support the customers are as follows:

Sales Development
Managed by Mr. Frank Sgammotta, Sales Development Director. With his team of industry experts, Mr. Sgammotta is responsible for growing the business specifically in the Building, Manufacturing, GIS and Land Development industries.

Major Accounts
Managed by Mr. Paul Kovacs, Major Accounts Director. This is a newly formed organisation to support key customers with specific needs and provide these customers with a personal contact person at Autodesk. Autodesk is investing in several additional major account staff across the SAPac region.

Pre Sales Support
Managed by Mr. Ho Chow Jin, Pre-Sales Manager. Another newly created team, the Pre-Sales team is now able to share their expertise and resources across the SAPac region.

Support and Training
Managed by Mr. Shailendra Jadhav. Support & Training Manager. Based out of India, the support and training team handles customer queries and provides hot-line support for the Autodesk channels and customers in SAPac.

Marketing
Managed by Ms. Ang Lee-Na, Marketing Director. The marketing team continues to bring value added seminars and training to the customers. In addition, they also support the channels in their marketing efforts, and manage the PR and advertising.

Channel Management
Managed by Mr. Abel Tan, Channels Sales Director. Formally headed by Mr. Paul Kovacs, this role has been handed over to Abel Tan, who has more than 10 years experience in the IT industry with 6 years in channel management. The channel structure has also been reviewed and re-structured in various countries in SAPac to better serve the needs of the customers and the reseller network.

Finance and Administration
Managed by Mr. Chris Le Claire, Financial Controller. Chris and his team handle channel orders and direct orders from major account Customers.

This is an exciting time for Autodesk, explains Andr� Pravaz. "We have a stronger, more focused leadership team to better support clients in all SAPac countries. This means more complete customer care at every stage from assessment and implementation to ongoing customer management and business development."

SAPac includes Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

About Autodesk 

Founded in 1982, Autodesk, Inc., is the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. The company serves a diverse portfolio of markets, including building design, geographic information systems, manufacturing, digital media, and wireless data services. By delivering tools that foster innovation and creativity, Autodesk helps customers throughout the value chain leverage digital design data to work better, faster, and smarter. 

www.autodesk.com.au

 

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