Eric Bourque is the Vice President of Content Creation, Media & Entertainment at Autodesk, working on 3ds Max, Maya, Arnold, Bifrost, and Flame. He serves as Autodesk's representative on the Academy Software Foundation Governing Board, and has been involved in several key open source initiatives. He’s also a member of the Visual Effects Society and has hosted several CG Spotlight events together with SIGGRAPH Montreal, which aim to give local studios a venue to showcase their work, and also students from local universities to present research and development initiatives. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from McGill University.