Since joining Autodesk in 1992, Jan Becker has held a number of senior-level Human Resources roles. A member of the CEO executive staff, Becker is responsible for worldwide Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, Travel, Safety and Security.Becker leadsorganizations that partner with the business to accelerate organizational transformation, encourage innovation and learning, and enhance ways in whichemployees communicate and collaborate across the globe,as well as createaward-winning facilities that showcase Autodesk’s products and solutions.

Over the past few years, she oversaw the transformation of the company’s Human Resources systems and platform, the employee learning portal and completely overhauled the global Performance Management process.Throughout her tenure at Autodesk, Becker has been passionate about shepherding and enhancingthe company’s culture. Through her leadership, the company has adopted innovative programs to enhance employee training and development, evolved employee recruitment strategies that are leading edge in their innovative use of social media, and transformed many other HR approaches to better attract and retain top talent. 

Before joining Autodesk, Becker held a variety of senior management positions at Sun Microsystems, Activision and Digital Equipment Corporation in Europe. She began her career at Hewlett-Packard. Becker, a Chicago native, graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.