Joe spoke about the future of work and cross-sector solutions. He is the Executive Director of the Autodesk Foundation with prior roles at Living Goods, Deutsche Bank and the Peace Corps.

Joe Speicher is the Executive Director of the Autodesk Foundation. Under his leadership, the Foundation is supporting the most impactful people and organizations using design to create a better world. Prior to joining Autodesk, Speicher was on the founding team of Living Goods, where he spent 6 years leading operations for the global health organization. Living Goods is a social business that realized a 25% reduction in the under-5 mortality rate through the sales and distribution of critical health products in East Africa. He began his career in the banking and finance sector, working with Deutsche Bank and Cambridge Associates. He then spent 3 years in the Peace Corps in the Philippines and has worked as a consultant for the Economist Intelligence Unit, the World Bank, and Google.org. He holds a master’s degree in Development Economics from Columbia University.