Mechanical Engineering, Product Design and Development, Design Ethnography, teaching, Marketing, Strategic Partnerships

Tanner is a mechanical engineer and product designer at Autodesk, working on the Fusion 360 team. At Autodesk, Tanner works to build partnerships with large and small businesses, refine design processes with partner companies, and conduct user research for the Fusion 360 team as a part of Autodesk's effort to develop software tools that not only accommodate, but drive the future of making things. Before getting a degree in Mechanical Design Engineering from Olin College, Tanner has been a research photographer, volunteer firefighter, construction worker, and teacher of collaborative design methodologies.