Autodesk names Gallello MCAD VP.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)--Aug. 15, 1995--Autodesk Inc. today named Dominic Gallello, vice president of its Mechanical Computer-Aided Design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design ) market group. Previously Gallello was vice president of Autodesk's Asia/Pacific region for three years, responsible for its sales, marketing, R&D and customer relations. As vice president for Asia/Pacific, Gallello was responsible for growing Autodesk's Pacific Rim business from 15 percent to approximately 25 percent of Autodesk's worldwide revenues and grew the region to include 10 subsidiaries. In the first two years under his leadership, Autodesk's revenues nearly doubled and they are expected to more than double by the end of this year. He continues to report to President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Carol Bartz, and will become "acting" vice president of Asia/Pacific until a replacement is named. "Dominic has done an outstanding job for Autodesk in the Pacific Rim," said Carol Bartz, Autodesk Chairman, President and CEO. "Over half of the design business is in the MCAD space, so we see continued potential in this area. I'm confident that Dominic's energy and intensity can move Autodesk from the number three(a) to the number one supplier of MCAD software real fast." Prior to Autodesk, Gallello worked at Intergraph for 11 years where he was president of Intergraph Japan, K.K. and director of Asian Operations. Gallello also has years of sales experience from McDonnell Douglas. Gallello sits on the International Competitiveness Steering Committee of the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. . He is also a frequent speaker on Asian affairs in the business community and has authored several articles on the subject for various Asian publications. Gallello was awarded, with honors, B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Monmouth University, in West Long Branch, New Jersey West Long Branch is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,258. It is the home of Monmouth University. . He is fluent in Japanese, and speaks some Chinese and Italian. Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of PC and UNIX-based design software and PC multimedia tools. The company's 2D and 3D products and data management tools are used in many industries for architectural design, mechanical design, film-making, videography vid·e·og·ra·phy n. The art or practice of using a video camera. vid  e·og and geographic information systems. The fourth largest PC software company in the world, Autodesk has three million customers in 118 countries. Autodesk products are sold through Autodesk Systems Centers, Dealers and Distributors worldwide. For more information on Autodesk, call 415/507-5000, type GO ADESK on CompuServe(R), or log in with a World Wide Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. at http://www.autodesk.com. -0- Note (a): According to Dataquest. CONTACT: Autodesk Inc., San Rafael David Radoff, 415/507-6533 |
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