Benzinga | Feb 26, 2021 07:05AM EST

Autodesk Names New Finance And Technology Chief

* Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has appointed Debbie Clifford as CFO, effective March 8, 2021, and Raji Arasu as CTO, effective April 19, 2021.

* Clifford previously served as the CFO of SurveyMonkey Inc (NASDAQ: SVMK) and will succeed Scott Herren, who announced his departure last year to become the CFO of Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO).

* SVMK CEO Zander Lurie will serve as interim CFO while initiating a search process for a permanent CFO.

* Arasu formerly served as SVP in Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) and will succeed Scott Borduin at Autodesk, who announced his retirement plan last year.

* "We are thrilled to welcome both Debbie and Raji -- two dynamic and accomplished executives -- to Autodesk," said CEO Andrew Anagnost.

* Price action: ADSK shares were down 4.94% at $270 in the pre-market session on the last check Friday.