Carl Bass Board’s Advisor, Panzura

Panzura, Inc. announced that Carl Bass, president and CEO of Autodesk, Inc., has been named to Panzura’s advisory board.

 As the head of a provider of software for the design, engineering and entertainment industries, he brings an history of innovation in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) market that will be invaluable to Panzura as it seeks to broaden its footprint in this space.

Panzura provides a global file system that delivers local LAN performance for users in any geographical location across the globe. This solves the problems associated with long wait times to open applications when remote offices are accessing centralized storage that may be located on the other side of the world. Rather than waiting 20 minutes or longer for a project to open, Panzura users can access projects in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit and other popular AEC programs ins.

In the past year, Panzura has captured customer wins in the AEC market. These companies chose Panzura’s Global Cloud Storage system because it centralizes file storage in the cloud and delivers LAN speed performance when accessing complex project files, providing improvements in worker productivity.

“Panzura delivers major improvements in productivity for users of AutoCAD, Revit and other building and infrastructure design products, so it’s a natural fit for the AEC market,” said Bass. “Cloud storage solves the scalability problem AEC companies face when storing millions of complex project files, and Panzura makes those files immediately useful by providing LAN speed access from any location.”

Prior to his role as Autodesk president and CEO, Bass served as COO at Autodesk, where he was responsible for worldwide sales, marketing, and product development. He also held the positions of CTO and EVP of product development at Autodesk. Before Autodesk, he co-founded Ithaca Software, the developers of HOOPS, which was acquired by Autodesk in 1993. He currently serves on the board of directors of Autodesk, E2open, the Art Center College of Design, and the Rocky Mountain Institute. He is also a member of the Executive Advisory Boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science and UC Berkeley School of Information.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Cornell University.

“With his vast experience in developing and delivering software to the AEC market, Carl Bass brings us a unique perspective on how to broaden our reach in that market,” said Randy Chou, co-founder and CEO, Panzura. “We are delighted to have his expertise as we plan and execute a focused marketing program designed to capture the lion’s share of the AEC space.”