Manu Venugopal

Manu Venugopal, Ph.D., is the Head of Product for the Mobile Platform and Data at Autodesk, where responsibilities include leading the Data Delivery Group and defining the data strategy for the Construction Cloud. With extensive experience in product management and AI/ML, Manu has developed innovative solutions such as Construction IQ and has received multiple patents for contributions in the sector. Previous roles include Senior Manager of Product Management and Principal Solution Architect at Autodesk, as well as Product Manager at Horizontal Systems and Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Digital Building Lab, where research focused on data interoperability and productivity enhancements in construction. Manu holds a Ph.D. in Application of Semantic Web & Ontology for Data Interoperability and has a strong academic background from the Georgia Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology Karnataka.