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For Stacey, Lucely, and Nathanielcan we take a vacation now please?

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Tobias

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Ryan Duell is a principal quality assurance analyst for Revit at Autodesk. He holds a bachelors degree in design computing from Boston Architectural College. He started his career with cbt Architects in Boston, Massachusetts, working on a variety of project teams ranging from single-family residential to large commercial projects. Ryan transitioned into the BIM manager role focusing on Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture and Autodesk Revit Architecture standards, along with contributing assistance to project teams. At Autodesk he spent several years in the product support organization providing Revit support for end users and enterprise accounts. In addition to Autodesk, Ryan teaches Revit at the Boston Architectural College and contributes to the Revit Clinic blog.

Tobias Hathorn is a licensed architect and user experience designer for Autodesk FormIt. He holds a bachelors degree in architecture from Kansas State University. He started his career at BNIM architects in Kansas City, Missouri, working on a one-million-square-foot IRS paper-processing center in Revit Architecture. After working as a liaison between BNIM and Moshe Safdie and Associates on the Kansas City Performing Arts Center, Tobias moved to Boston to join the Revit product team in Waltham, Massachusetts. Tobias has honed his knowledge and experience with Revit, especially the graphics and rendering features, over the past seven years in the quality assurance and user experience groups. He is currently working on FormIt, a conceptual design tool to aid in the early stages of a BIM workflow. In his free time, he likes to teach Revit Architecture, bicycle, paint, and play Tetris.