James Gilchrist

James Gilchrist is a Principal User Experience Designer at Autodesk, with extensive experience in leading user experience design for Fusion 360's CAD core modeling. Since June 2008, James has been instrumental in the product's growth from an incubation project to over 175,000 commercial subscribers and five million educational customers. James's previous roles at Autodesk include User Experience Manager, Senior User Experience Designer, Manufacturing Product Marketing Manager, and Manufacturing Industry Technical Marketing, where responsibilities ranged from managing global design teams to creating competitive marketing materials. Prior to Autodesk, James held positions at Neoporte, Inc., Praxis Product Design, and exo Design, accumulating a diverse skill set in design engineering, project management, and industrial design. James holds a BA in Industrial Arts with an emphasis on Product Design and Development from San Francisco State University.