Autodesk Platinum Club Recognizes Outstanding Partners for Fiscal Year 2011

Resellers and Distributors Inducted into Autodesk Platinum Club for Outstanding Service; Several Celebrate 25 Years of Autodesk Partnership.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif - Autodesk, Inc has selected 26 Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Value Added Distributors (VADs) for induction into the 2011 Autodesk Platinum Club during Autodesk’s annual global channel partner event, One Team Conference (OTC), in Las Vegas, Nev. The selected companies demonstrated strong sales performance and commitment to customer service during the 2011 fiscal year. Of the 26 inductees, seven are celebrating their Silver Anniversary as Autodesk VARs.

“Autodesk is proud to announce the 2011 Platinum Club inductees and is grateful to each company for its exceptional performance,” said Steve Blum, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Services, Autodesk. “These partners continue to deliver world-class service and technical expertise to their customers, providing them with the software, training and services they need to derive the most value from their Autodesk technologies. Customers have become more efficient, competitive and innovative as a result of these efforts. We are also delighted to be celebrating 25 years with seven of our VARs, and thank them for their continued dedication to Autodesk and their customers.”

Autodesk Platinum Club members include channel partners who have excelled in sales, growth and other key measures. The Platinum Club also includes channel partners who were the leading commercial education, government or distribution partners in their Americas sales region.

Platinum Club 2011 Winners – Americas Overall

Reseller of the Year
Applied Software

Rookie Partner of the Year
EMA Design Automation

Platinum Club 2011 Winners – North America

Top North American Reseller in AEC Overall Sales Growth
CADD Microsystems

Top North American Reseller in MFG Overall Sales Growth
Tata Technologies

Top North American Reseller in M&E Overall Sales Growth
3DV Corporation

Top North American Reseller in Creative Finishing Overall Sales Growth
Oceana

Top North American Reseller in Government Overall Sales Growth
Eagle Point Software

Top North American Reseller in Education Overall Sales Growth
IMAGINiT

Top North American Reseller in Overall Product Sales Growth
Avatech

Top North American Reseller in AEC Product and New Subscription Growth
Microdesk

Top North American Reseller in MFG Product and New Subscription Growth
ECAD

Top North American Reseller in M&E Product and New Subscription Growth
RFX

Top Volume Channel Partner
CDW

Top North American Reseller in Marketing
SolidCAD

Platinum Club 2011 Winners – Latin America

Top Latin America Reseller in AEC Overall Sales Growth
Brasoftware

Top Latin America Reseller in MFG Overall Sales Growth
MAPData

Top Latin America Distributor Overall Sales Growth
PARS

Top Latin America Reseller in PSEB Overall Sales Growth
COMGRAP

Top Latin America Reseller in Overall Product Sales Growth
Frazillio & Ferroni Informatica

Platinum Club 2011 Winners – 25 Year Anniversary Awards

Acad S.A. – Argentina
CADapult LTD – Delaware
Draft-Co, Inc – Ohio
GRAPHO Produtos e Serviços em Comp. Ltda - GRAPHO/PR – Brazil
Holman’s of Nevada, Inc. – Nevada
KarelCAD – Australia
Lakeland Technical Services – Pennsylvania
Microgeo S.A. – Chile
Mutoh Engineering Inc. – Japan

This year’s Silver Anniversary VARs have helped customers take advantage of Autodesk’s 3D design, engineering and entertainment software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas, while solving business problems. Through the years, these valued partners have consistently helped encourage adoption of 3D design software in multiple industries, and to demonstrate what it means to be a trusted adviser to Autodesk users.

“Our channel partners are essential to Autodesk’s success,” said Roland Zelles, vice president, worldwide channels, field marketing and sales operations, Autodesk. “We are honored to continue our work with this year’s Silver Anniversary VARs, and thank them for providing Autodesk customers with superior service and support over the past 25 years.”

Autodesk’s global channel partner network includes more than 1,900 partners, all of whom support customers across a number of industries, such as architecture, engineering and construction; manufacturing; automotive; utilities and government; telecommunications; games; television and film.

Autodesk supports its global partner network through initiatives that include a distinguished reseller recognition program, a customer engagement program that has helped increase partner solutions sales, investments in channel capacity and capability through immersive training, and a channel partner web portal designed to provide resellers fast, easy access to materials, program information and news.