Author: Mark Hindsbo
About the Author: Vice President and General Manager, Design Business Unit. I straddle the worlds of technology and business, with a leg solidly planted in each. Prior to joining ANSYS I was the Sr. Vice President of Customer Success at Parallels (now Odin). I spent a little over a decade at Microsoft in roles ranging from General Manager in the Server and Tools Business Group, to Vice President of the Developer Business in the US. I have also worked as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, co-founded an interactive agency, did scientific computing at Novo Nordisk, and nuclear research at CERN.

I hold a Master of Science in applied physics & mathematics from the Technical University of Denmark. I am a software developer who grew up with assembly programming on 8/16-bit computers and still code for fun. I am also a lifelong martial artist, holding a 5th degree karate black belt and have competed on the Danish National team as well as in US Nationals. I enjoy speaking on the topics of technology innovation, and business strategy.