From Months to Days: How Autodesk Reinvented Its Data Ingestion Strategy

Autodesk has significantly improved its data ingestion process by replacing homemade ETL with automated ELT, reducing the time from six months to just six days. This transformation was led by Jesse Pederson, VP of Data Platform and Insights, who focused on four guiding principles: buy over build, keeping it simple, minimizing time to impact, and ensuring security and privacy from the start. By implementing Fivetran and Snowflake for data ingestion and storage, Autodesk has simplified its process and allowed its teams to focus on more valuable tasks, moving from a cost center to a revenue center.