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Spencer Hardcastle

Customer Advocacy Manager, Fusion 360 Engagement

Spencer graduated from the Loughborough University, UK with a Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering. He’s held several roles throughout his career, including Applications Engineer at Delcam prior to the acquisition by Autodesk to now managing customer advocacy at Autodesk closing the gap between customer success and the success of Fusion 360.

Peter Simpson

Customer Advocacy Manager, Fusion 360

Peter joined Autodesk after obtaining his masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK). Having spent some time working with Generative Design, he has now refocused on the fields of simulation and injection molding having utilized it successfully in previous projects, aiming to help customers to develop their workflows, as well as driving customer centric software development.

Peter Champneys

Research Engineer, Fusion 360

Peter is a manufacturing expert based out of the Autodesk technology center in Birmingham focusing on subtractive and additive manufacturing. A former innovator in residence at Pier 9, he works closely with customers to help them implement and apply emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing and generative design. He has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Sheffield (UK).

Richard Hammerl

Electronics Community Specialist, Fusion 360

Richard is a mechanical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the electronics sector. As one of the long-time experts for the now standardized PCB design software EAGLE, Richard became a well-know face in the PCB industry in Europe maintaining close ties with manufacturers and clients. His experience and expertise led him in helping integrate PCB design and mechanical CAD. Providing PCB designers and mechanical engineers with better functionality, fewer errors, and shorter lead times.

Kieran Gill

Technical Consultant, Fusion 360

Manufacturing Process Specialist for the Customer Engagement Organization based out of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. I currently help by Educating, Demonstrate, Innovate and Validating our processes for customers to make sure our customers can truly "Make Anything" using Fusion 360.