Colin Austin is an Australian award-winning researcher, engineer, and inventor of Autodesk product Moldflow Plastics design software.
He worked as an R & D Manager for Johns Hydraulics then worked as lecturer for RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
[3] In 1978, Colin Austin founded company Moldflow (currently a subsidiary of Autodesk) devoted to simulation of injection molding.
[4] Colin developed Moldflow Plastics design software that transformed the international design of plastics moulds using scientific principles rather than 'gut feel'.
[3] In 1997, Colin Austin founded a company named Waterright devoted to simulation of irrigation and producing soil sensors and software to fix common irrigation problems.