Elise has been teaching Autodesk and SolidWorks software for the past decade. She is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and teaches at an Autodesk Authorized Training Center in San Francisco, CA. She is a regular speaker at SolidWorks World and leads the Laney SolidWorks User group in Oakland, CA. She works as a mechanical engineer and designer in Silicon Valley.

Elise maintains the CADzette website and newsletter.