Carol Bartz
Executive Staff and Board of Directors
Carol Bartz is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading supplier of design software and one of the biggest PC software companies in the world. Since Bartz took the helm in 1992, the company has diversified its product line and grown revenues from $285 million to $952 million in FY04.
Bartz previously held positions at Sun Microsystems, most recently serving as vice president of worldwide field operations and an executive officer of the company. Before joining Sun, she held product line and sales management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and 3M Corporation.
Appointed to President Bush’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Bartz is one of a select group of industry leaders expected to play a key role in shaping and setting the government’s high tech agenda—ranging from R&D funding to new broadband incentives. She also serves on the Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Cisco Systems, Network Appliance, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science and Technology.
Bartz holds an honors degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin. She was granted an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from William Woods University.
Honors & Awards
- Entered into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, 2003
- 100 Most Influential Women in Business, San Francisco Business Journal, 2003
- Recognizes outstanding corporate and community leaders
- Avatar Award for Women of Excellence, National Association of Female Executives, 2003
- Ada Lovelace Award, Association for Women in Computing, 2003
- Ernst & Young’s Northern California Master Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001
- Recognizes industry leaders whose guidance has created and sustained a prosperous and innovative business
- Horatio Alger Award, 2000
- Recognized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame