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2013 Annual Report
2014 Form 10-K 98
PART III
Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this Annual Report because we intend to file a definitive proxy
statement pursuant to Regulation 14A for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report (the “Proxy Statement”) and certain information included therein is incorporated herein by
reference. Only those sections of the Proxy Statement that specifically address the items set forth herein are incorporated by
reference.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Proposal One—
Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and “Corporate Governance” in our
Proxy Statement.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
As a result of the recent internal realignment and changes in responsibilities, our Board has re-evaluated our executive
officers. The following sets forth certain information as of March 10, 2014 regarding our executive officers.
Name Age Position
Carl Bass 56 President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark J. Hawkins 54 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jan Becker 61 Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Real Estate
Steve M. Blum 49 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services
Pascal W. Di Fronzo 49 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Carl Bass joined Autodesk in September 1993 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2006.
Mr. Bass served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from August 2008 to April 2009. From June 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Bass
served as Chief Operating Officer. From February 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Bass served as Senior Executive Vice President,
Design Solutions Group. From August 2001 to February 2002, Mr. Bass served as Executive Vice President, Emerging
Business and Chief Strategy Officer. From June 1999 to July 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Buzzsaw.com, Inc., a spin-off from Autodesk. Mr. Bass has also held other executive positions within Autodesk. Mr. Bass was a
director of McAfee, Inc. from January 2008 until its acquisition by Intel Corporation in February 2011. Mr. Bass has served on
the board of directors of E2open since July 2011.
Mark J. Hawkins joined Autodesk in April 2009 and serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior
to joining Autodesk, Mr. Hawkins was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Information Technology
at Logitech International S.A. from April 2006 to April 2009. Previously, he was with Dell Inc. for six years, most recently serving
as Vice President of Finance for worldwide procurement and logistics. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Hawkins was employed by Hewlett-
Packard Company for 18 years in finance and business-management roles. Mr. Hawkins served on the Board of BMC Software,
Inc. from May 2010 through September 2013 at which time BMC was taken private.
Jan Becker joined Autodesk in September 1992 and has served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and
Corporate Real Estate since June 2000. Ms. Becker previously served in other capacities in the Human Resources Department
at Autodesk. Prior to joining Autodesk, Ms. Becker held a variety of senior management positions at Sun Microsystems. Prior
to Sun Microsystems, Ms. Becker worked both domestically and internationally at a number of high-tech organizations,
including Activision, Digital Equipment Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company.
Steven M. Blum joined Autodesk in January 2003 and has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services
since February 2011. From January 2003 to February 2011, he served as senior vice president of Americas Sales. Prior to this
position, Blum was Executive Vice President of Sales and Account Management for Parago, Inc. Blum also held positions at
Mentor Graphics, most recently serving as Vice President of America's sales. Before joining Mentor Graphics, he held
engineering and sales positions at NCR Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices.
Pascal W. Di Fronzo joined Autodesk in June 1998 and has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary since March 2007. From March 2006 to March 2007, Mr. Di Fronzo served as Vice President, General Counsel and