Yuri Cataldo
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Autodesk
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Hello! My name is Yuri Cataldo and I'm the Innovation Engagement Manager at the Autodesk BUILD Space. That means work with our partner companies in Boston on projects in addition to working with accelerators and incubators and mentoring startups.
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Named one of the 40 under 40 business leaders in Indiana, Yuri Cataldo brings years of experience in the arts, design, entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation, and publicity to his advising of founders, artists, and students. He is a mentor at MassChallenge and has lectured at Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Notre Dame, Tufts, Emerson College, Indiana University, Ohio State, Longy School of Music, and at numerous conferences about the intersections of art & entrepreneurship, innovation, and how to move past failure.
Yuri is a graduate of Indiana University, Juilliard, and Yale with designer credits on Broadway, Feature Films, Indie Films, Theatre, and Opera productions. In 2011 he founded IndigoH2O, the only multiple award-winning bottled alkaline water in the world and 2015 best tasting water in the world. Through his efforts its been featured in over 150 articles, sold in 15 different countries, and included in the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy's, and MTV VMA swag bags.
He currently lives in Boston where he is the Innovation Engagement Manager at Autodesk and works with/advises tech companies and artists on innovation, PR, marketing, and customer engagement. His efforts have resulted in 6 figure launches, 7 figures worth of press for companies, and products featured on Tech Crunch, Digital Trends, The Discovery Channel and many others.
