Autodesk Names New Vice President.SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997--Autodesk, Inc. promoted Michelle Pharr to Vice President, Americas, responsible for sales of Autodesk's products throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America, as well as worldwide OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales and technical support. Pharr succeeds Godfrey Sullivan who is now vice president of the new Personal Solutions Group at Autodesk. Pharr has been with Autodesk since November 1995 as the Regional Director of the Western Region in the United States. In this position she played a critical role in executing the corporate diversification strategy. Pharr introduced the first regional deployment of vertical sales teams for Autodesk and led the Western Region to the top revenue performer in the Americas. She was also a key contributor in establishing channel standards and best practices at Autodesk which are now being implemented across the organization. "Michelle helped to define our diversification strategy and implement programs that allowed her group and others, to thrive," said Eric Herr, Autodesk president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Her promotion is well deserved." Prior to joining Autodesk, Pharr worked at Aspect Development as the Director, Western Operations. There she had responsibility for all sales, support and telesales functions in the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . Additionally, she had responsibility for the design of the direct and indirect marketing of enterprise systems for the Component and Supplier Management (CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. ) market. Before her tenure at Aspect Development, Pharr worked at Cahners Publishing in Massachusetts as the National Sales Manager for North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Sales of the CAPS Division. She has also worked directing field sales and technical staff at Mentor Graphics and Intergraph. Pharr attended Western Illinois University For another university which uses the abbreviation "WIU", see Webber International University Athletics
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