Rad Lazic

About Rad Lazic

Rad is enabling engineering professionals and organizations to succeed with technology implementations for cloud collaboration, model-based design, visualizations, safety audits and process automation.Rad\'s clients consistently succeed in achieving the highest levels of quality and automation through rapid skills development and through building a comfortable and inspiring technological environments that promote creativity, motivate productivity and energize technical teams in the workplace environment. Rad is connecting with diverse and large audiences through public speaking at technical and engineering conferences, delivering presentations with high technical impact and professional values. Rad delivers very well recognized online training courses and continues to be a sought after presenter of Autodesk software and vision of technology. Rad\'s goal is to inspire and empower engineers and technical staff towards achieving their ultimate potential through sensible and meaningful skills development, application of technology and design automation.Key areas of strength have been described by Rad\'s peers and clients as:Problem solving - The project manager he works with noted: “He is great with customers and well liked for his positive approach to being able to solve every problem.”Customer Service Orientation - Rad is highly motivated by customer success. A peer noted that, “Rad is quite passionate about customers\' issues, and does not hesitate to advocate for the customers\' need.”Creativity - A sales person appreciated Rad’s creativity in the presales process: “Rad\'s technical skills are unmatched.This has resulted in customer satisfaction to such a degree that we were able to close a $3M deal.”Communication – Rad\'s peers have noted his comfort and command of an audience when speaking publicly. Flexibility and Adaptability – Rad is involved in multiple projects at any given time and moves between them regularly.

Experience

1. Senior Solutions Engineer, Transportation and Civil Engineering

   Autodesk

   Nov 2022 — Present · CA, US

   ResponsibilitiesWork with Autodesk’s largest transportation customers to design and implement innovative design and engineering solutions to ensure the greatest possible value from their Autodesk investment.Analysis of existing workflows and processesProcess definition, planning, and implementation of new technologies and workflows.Provide technical, industry, process, and change management coaching to customers and external partners.Deliver innovative digital delivery solutions to meet customer and industry challenges based on Autodesk product solutions.Lead implementation consulting engagements with customers, and document the value delivered during those engagements.Apply Autodesk product sets to detailed industry requirements and workflows. Guide customers in the best application of Autodesk products; define and document detailed use cases.Configure solutions based on product capabilities and customer requirements.Define migration approach of customer data and standards into Autodesk products.Collaborate with customers, external partners, and Autodesk stakeholders to deliver solutions and/or resolve technical issues.Provide feedback to service line management and product development groups on client experience for product and process improvements.Interface with thought leaders within Autodesk, and beyond, to support and shape the Autodesk product offering.Work with Autodesk account teams to define Customer Success Plans and customer engagements to deliver those strategies and solutions.Provide coaching and mentoring to customers to drive adoption and consumption.Provide coaching and mentoring to partners to enable the scalable delivery of packages service offerings.Provide input to sales and identify additional product/services opportunities in the customer organization.

Education

• Belgrade University

  ME, Civil Engineering

  1983 — 1989

Skills

• Conceptual Design
• Surveying
• Bim
• Technical Presentations
• Architecture
• Modeling
• Highways
• Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
• Project Planning
• Microstation
• Coaching Staff
• Project Management
• Road
• Microsoft Office
• Pre-Sales Consulting
• Autodesk Vault
• Navisworks
• Engineering
• Construction
• Autodesk Infraworks
• Construction Management
• Revit
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Autocad Civil 3d
• Civil 3d
• Submittals
• Structural Engineering
• Infrastructure
• Autocad
• Primavera P6
• Civil Engineering
• Transportation
• 3d Studio Max
• Management
• Sketchup
• Feasibility Studies
• Microsoft Project
• Customization
• Building Information Modeling (Bim)
• Cad