Advisory Board

Jonathan Knowles

Jonathan Knowles is Director, Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Strategy and Engagement at Autodesk where he provides thought leadership and insight on emerging trends, discontinuous innovations, and beyond the horizon technologies.
 
With over 20 years of high-tech strategy and marketing experience, Jonathan is regularly invited to deliver briefings to Fortune Global 500 senior executives, government leaders, and tier-one academics around the world concerning the future of technology and its societal implications.
 
As a primary spokesperson for Autodesk, Jonathan is a popular speaker at enterprise, government, education, press, and analyst events focusing on making the complex understandable. He has also been a featured speaker at conferences throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
 
Prior to joining Autodesk, Jonathan held senior strategy, marketing, and product management positions at Adobe and Apple.
 
Professional Memberships

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Institute of Architects
  • American Council of Engineering Companies
  • Faculty, Singularity University
  • Fellow, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
  • Fellow, Royal Geographic Society with the Institute of British Geographers
  • Geospatial Information and Technology Association
  • Cartography and Geographical Information Society
  • Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
  • National Defense Industrial Association
  • National Military Intelligence Association
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