After Al Green announced his intention to retire as CEO, a search firm was retained to manage the process of finding a new CEO for Autodesk. The Board of Directors appointed a search committee, chaired by Jim Warren, which appealed for input, company-wide, on which criteria should govern our search. Here's my response.
This paper is an attempt to identify the characteristics Autodesk
should look for in candidates to become the new CEO. As you'll see in
reading it, I don't think there's any single precise picture that fits
the job; there are essential prerequisites, but not a unique correct
profile. I use male pronouns for concision and to avoid sounding like
a politically correct Marin County weenie, not to specify the gender
of candidates acceptable to me.![[Footnote]](i/foot.gif){kind=small}