Rick Champagne

• Owner of worldwide Media & Entertainment Strategy for HP Z Workstations, Thin Clients, Professional Displays, and Commercial VR/AR/XR solutions • Partner Alliances and Partner Marketing for all Media & Entertainment hardware and software partners including Intel, NVIDIA, AMD, Adobe, Autodesk, Avid, The Foundry, and many others • Conduct Business Development activities with customers and industry partners • Chief M&E consultant for the Product Management roadmap for a broad portfolio of global IT products and solutions • Guide worldwide marketing activity and go-to-market strategy for Media & Entertainment sub-segments (Film / VFX / Post, TV / Broadcast, Professional Video, Animation, Games, Advertising, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality) • Hardware consultant to Media & Entertainment customers by evaluating current pipeline and providing feedback and/or potential solutions • Chair of the Media & Entertainment Advisory Council for HP Z Workstations Global Business Unit • HP Z Workstations and Thin Clients is a $2.2B business unit

• Accountable for the P&L of Corel's Photo & Video product portfolio • Managed the teams responsible for Product Management, Product Marketing, PR, Social Media, as well as User Experience and Visual Design • Managed Partner Alliances and Business Development for Photo & Video product portfolio • Worked closely with Sales and eCommerce teams to drive global business objectives • Helped lead the transformation from product focus to customer focus

• Led industry strategy for high end 3D/VFX/Post Production part of the Advertising market • Conducted qualitative and quantitative market research of the global Advertising industry – interviewing 110 Ad Agencies and professional design freelancers in the process • Identified industry problems and defined possible solutions with an emphasis on 3D and video

• Planned and executed the 3ds Max and Maya Suite strategy for Media & Entertainment division, ultimately building a multi-million dollar business line from scratch • Accountable for product strategy and global revenues of two other product lines (Softimage and Mudbox) on all platforms (Mac OS, Windows, Linux) • Managed a team of highly regarded global Product Managers • Member of company acquisitions team, helping negotiate terms and taking agreements to completion • Conducted Business Development activities with industry partners and customers • Working closely with customers and a world-class Agile Software Development Team, acted as Chief Product Owner and drove the highest degree of interoperability and user interface consistency ever achieved between Autodesk Media & Entertainment applications • Worked closely with Sales, Marketing and Channel Partners in all geographies to drive global business objectives • Actively managed social media channels for Autodesk Mudbox, including Twitter and Facebook • Collaborated with many third party technology partners including Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Wacom

• Accountable for strategic and tactical worldwide go-to-market plans for 3ds Max, Mudbox, and Design Visualization • Target markets included 3D professionals in Film, Games, TV, and Architecture industries • Managed a Product Marketing team that included PMM, Design, and Marketing Operations • Supported Sales, Channel Partners, eStore, and Field Marketing through market readiness activities and programs • Senior Marketing representative on company acquisition teams • Drove Subscription attach and renewal rates through superior customer value • Conducted Business Development activities with industry partners and customers • Worked with customers and lighthouse universities to drive thought leadership • Further supported Sales and Marketing at events such as GDC, SIGGRAPH, NAB, and IBC • Responsible for online marketing including search, advertising, social media, and driving community engagement • Managed one of the most successful end of life promotions in Autodesk history

• Accountable for worldwide revenues and product strategy for the world’s leading digital art studio, Corel Painter • Industry expert and evangelist in Film, TV, Games, Advertising and Fine Art markets • Managed Partner Alliance activities with hardware/software partners, including Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and Wacom • Provided guidance for all marketing-related activity including search, marketing programs, direct marketing, channel marketing, events and PR • Maintained continual analysis of market trends and competitive product offerings • Acted as voice of the customer to author product and market requirements documents, as well as use cases and stories • Created Painter Masters program – a powerful network of artists and thought leaders • Lead an interdisciplinary team that included an Agile Software Development team, Quality Assurance, Documentation, User Experience Design and Localization • Worked on all retail, trial and OEM versions and delivered products in 6 languages

• Developed business cases for entering new markets with new and existing products • Developed strategic and tactical marketing plans • Created project plans, wrote feature specifications and guided development • Released a new product for Microsoft’s Tablet PC platform, winning several awards including a prestigious “Best of COMDEX” award • Worked with customers to define product requirements for professional features within CorelDRAW Graphics Suite (Color Management, Print & Prepress, PDF) • Acted as principal Product Manager for CorelDRAW for Mac • Managed development cycle and gave direction to all teams involved, including software development, design, documentation, localization/translation, and quality assurance • Worked on releases of CorelDRAW 8 through 11 for PC, Linux, and Mac OS in numerous languages • Worked with Marketing teams to segment market and develop targeted messaging

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