Carl Bass is president and chief executive officer of Autodesk, the leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Previously he held several executive positions at Autodesk including CTO and COO. Bass co-founded Ithaca Software which was acquired by Autodesk in 1993. Bass serves on the Board of Directors of Autodesk, E2open, the Art Center College of Design, and the Rocky Mountain Institute. He is also a member of the Executive Advisory Boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science andUC Berkeley School of Information. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University.