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\"Alex<\/a>Alex studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Joining Autodesk in 2016 he\u2019s been supporting AutoCAD, Plant 3D, and P&ID. Prior to joining Autodesk Alex worked as a design engineer in the manufacturing realm. Leveraging many of the Autodesk products he supports today.<\/p>\n

Outside of the office , Alex enjoys anything sports related, running the occasional road race\/ tough mudder, and travelling as often as possible.<\/p>\n

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Joining Autodesk in 2016 he\u2019s been supporting AutoCAD, Plant 3D, and P&ID. Prior to joining Autodesk Alex worked as a design engineer in the manufacturing realm. Leveraging many of the Autodesk products he supports today.<\/p>\n

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