Marc Petit Leaves Autodesk

Marc Petit, head of Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment division, has departed the company to pursue other initiatives, According to the Immersed in Movies [1] blog by AWN contributor Bill Desowitz. Petit served as SVP since 2002, after working at Softimage for nearly a decade.

According to a statement from Autodesk, Petit will be leaving the company this month: “Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk SVP of Reputation, Consumer and Education, will act as the head of the M&E product group while we search for Marc's replacement, while Marc Stevens and Chris Young will continue to lead the individual M&E product management and product development teams respectively. Stig Gruman, VP of M&E Worldwide Sales and Mark Strassman, VP of M&E Industry Strategy and Marketing will continue to run sales and marketing as before.”

Petit’s departure follows a reorganization [2] announced in August that saw 500 staffers laid off, and third quarter revenue [3] results that were down nine percent from the previous year.