Alias Design

Thomas Heermann

Autodesk
Toronto
Thomas Heermann joined Autodesk in January 2006 as Product Line Manager for the Autodesk Alias Design Products. Mr. Heermann manages the Alias Design product line within Autodesk’s Manufacturing Solutions division, which provides products and tools to serve the automotive and industrial design markets. Prior to being acquired by Autodesk in 2006, Mr. Heermann spent eight years with Alias, now Autodesk. At Alias, Mr. Heermann held various roles in both the Toronto and UK offices including Director of Product Management, Marketing Manager for EMEA and Industry Marketing Manager for Design. During his tenure at Alias, Mr. Heermann was the creator and project manager of the successful “Create What’s Next Design” competition in 2001 in conjunction with the DesignExchange of Toronto, Canada. Additionally, he served as a jury member for both the National Post Annual Design competition and the “BraunPrize”, a bi-annual international design competition in 2003 to promote young designers in Germany. Before joining Alias, Mr. Heermann was Marketing Director for ICEM Technologies in Frankfurt, Germany. Mr. Heermann holds a degree in Engineering Economics with an emphasis on marketing from the Technical University of Applied Science, Fachhochschule fuer Technik, in Esslingen, Germany. He is also on the board of directors for the YEC (Young Executives in Canada), a nonprofit networking organization for young professionals with an interest in German-Canadian business relations sponsored by the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

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