Jon Pittman

Architect, Brainstormer, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Environmentalist, Explorer, Idea generator, World traveler

Jon Pittman is Vice President of Strategic Foresight for Autodesk, the company that helps people imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk serves industries where design is critical to success - building, manufacturing, infrastructure, and digital media. With over 35 years of experience in the computer-aided design and computer graphics industries, Mr. Pittman has held a variety of business development, product development, and strategy positions at Autodesk, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), Alias|Wavefront, and Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK) Architects. Mr. Pittman has held faculty positions at Cornell University, Art Center College of Design, Singularity University, and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He has published numerous articles and is a frequent public speaker. Mr. Pittman holds a Bachelor of Architecture and MBA from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds a M.S. in Computer Graphics from Cornell University. He is a licensed architect and commercial pilot.

Design, Strategy, Aviation, Environment

Aviation (Pilot, Flight Engineer), Corporate vision and strategy, Emerging Markets Strategy, Strategic thinking and design, Sustainable Design at many scales, User Interaction Design, Wilderness Medicine

teaching, flying