The Western U.S.' s largest provider of computer-aided design (CAD) services and products, U.S. CAD, and its largest Autodesk solutions reseller, has promoted Jim Lambert to technical operations director, leading the company's rapidly growing technical divisions and expertise. U.S. CAD's technical divisions, including Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Geospatial, Building, Training, Technical Support, Project Management and IT, Professional Services, account for nearly half of the company's personnel.

CEO of U.S. CAD, Danny Counts, said: "Jim Lambert's leadership of our technical operations and the various vertical market segments will bring consistency and added customer focus to these areas, while also improving our operational efficiency". "We're delighted to have someone of Jim's caliber take on this important role, and we're confident in his abilities to further strengthen and grow our technical resources in support of our business and our customers."

Lambert, who joined U.S. CAD as project manager in 2007, has nearly 25 years of CAD, engineering and project-management experience. He has successfully managed engineering and construction (AEC) projects, key architecture, including helping customers transition to the latest Autodesk Solutions, such as Civil 3D, aince arriving at U.S. CAD. Including custom programming, scanning and conversion, and drafting/design input services, he has also been active in managing consulting projects in production services.

Lambert worked, before joining U.S. CAD, for several years as a civil designer and more recently served as director of technical operations for The Keith Companies, one of the largest, publicly held "Engineering News-Record 500" engineering firms based in Southern California. He managed, in that capacity, companywide initiatives, including major software implementations, multi-office application training and corporate CAD standards and best practices development and deployment.
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