As Senior Global Program Manager at Autodesk, Susan Gladwin is responsible for building and leading Autodesk’s clean tech program and industry strategy. With a passion for innovation and sustainable design, Gladwin aims to help the clean sector scale and succeed by managing Autodesk’s partnerships with clean tech companies and stakeholders in North America, Europe and Asia. Gladwin also tracks the sector’s sustainability “best practices”, with the aim of helping make “clean” tech synonymous with “green” tech. For more information, visit: www.autodesk.com/cleantech.
A 25-year veteran in technology marketing, Gladwin has held senior positions or consulted to companies such as Apple, HP, Microsoft, Adobe and PARC. Her marketing experience encompasses successful product development, brand strategy and new market entry. Her clean technology background includes four years in pivotal roles at the Cleantech Open, including serving as Sustainability Chairperson. In addition to her role at Autodesk, Gladwin has also co-developed and now teaches the “Sustainability Studio” course within the MBA Program in Design Strategy, together with California College of the Arts’ chair, Nathan Shedroff. Gladwin also serves on the faculty at Dominican University’s Green MBA program, and has taught the capstone Sustainable Enterprise Planning class.
As a Commonwealth Scholar, Gladwin earned a computer science degree (with honors) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She then completed the International Business program at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, worked for IBM in Stockholm, and also the Organization for Economic Development in Paris. In 2006, Gladwin completed a year-long environmental leadership course, called Be the Change, through Acterra in Palo Alto, California.
