Head of Autodesk Gives up Position as Chief Carol A. Bartz , left , the chairwoman and chief executive of Autodesk , a company that makes software used by architects and engineers , stepped down as chief executive and was succeeded by the chief operating officer , Carl Bass .
Carl Bass /business/person/company Autodesk
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