Brenda Discher
Autodsk, Inc.

As a 15-year Autodesk veteran, Brenda has successfully driven Autodesk brand awareness, championed our products as solutions across all segments in the manufacturing industry, and led successful Go-To-Market strategies for all manufacturing solutions.
As Vice President of the Manufacturing Industry Marketing organization, Brenda leads an industry-based, customer-focused organization that produces innovative and winning strategies, meeting the holistic needs of our customers.
Prior to her current role, Brenda served as the Business Director for Manufacturing Collaboration Services (MCS), where she led a business unit to bring collaborative offerings (e.g., Autodesk Streamline) to market. Before MCS, Brenda served as Director of Manufacturing Product Management, where she spent five years bringing Mechanical Desktop, AutoCAD Mechanical and the Autodesk Inventor product lines to market.

Earlier in her career, Brenda worked for nine years with Schlumberger in their CAD/CAM and Applicon Divisions. Brenda led the Engineering Management team to re-architect the company’s flagship product user interface. She also worked in Technical Account Management and Product Marketing.
Brenda’s academic credentials include a Master of Business Administration in International Marketing & Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering.
Brenda splits her time between the Novi and Lake Oswego offices, but plans to relocate to Lake Oswego in July 2009. She enjoys time with her husband and their two sons, Ryan and Alex. When possible, she indulges spare moments in digital photography.