Lee Sanders

Hello!

I am a passionate engineer and designer, currently working at Autodesk in the OCTO department, helping to develop new idea's and concepts for Autodesk's customers.

I've worked for Autodesk for 5 years in the AAC (Autodesk's Advance Consulting ) team in Birmingham (UK), working along side very talented engineers help to develop and deliver bespoke engineering solutions to many different manufacturing sectors.

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I've spent the majority of my working life in engineering. From a very young age, I've been passionate about making anything. After leaving school, I attended night school classes to gain the necessary qualifications to help my engineering career.

As an engineer, there's no better feeling than making or designing something from scratch or seeing one of your idea's or solutions solving a real life problems.

During my career I've worked in many sectors in engineering including manufacturing plastic mold tool, manufacturing press tool, wire EDM and die sinking, manufacturing oil and gas components and die casting. With all these different skills, I built up a wide range of skills to help me when solving engineering problems. I always have a "can-do" attitude. If someone says that something can't be done, that's like a red rage to a bull. I'm very keen on learning new skills and experiences (you are never too old to learn new tricks) and passing on my skills to fellow colleagues.

Since joining Autodesk, I have had great opportunities to travel to different places -- Singapore, Finland and Chicago -- either helping Autodesk customers develop cutting-edge solutions or helping an Autodesk partner with a demonstration for an exhibition. With all my visits to a wide ranging customer base, I'm always looking for new ideas or inspiration to bring back to Autodesk. Some recent ideas range from solar panels being fitted at Autodesk Birmingham to more of a selection of recycling bins at Autodesk. I've always been passionate about looking after our environment and reducing our carbon footprint.