James R. Scapa

Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

James R. Scapa brings more than 35 years of engineering experience to his dual role of chairman and CEO of Altair, a title he has held since the company's inception in 1985.

Through Scapa's leadership, the company is now a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics.Today, the company employs over 3,000 engineers, scientists and creatives with more than 86 offices in 25 countries.

With more than 11,000 customers globally, Altair software enables customers to enhance product performance, compress development time and reduce costs.

Scapa earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a master of business administration degree from University of Michigan.

Matthew Brown

Chief Financial Officer

As chief financial officer, Matthew Brown is responsible for Altair’s global finance organization. Over the past two decades, Brown has led finance teams at top technology companies, helping drive financial strategy and planning, accounting, reporting, and capital structure.

Prior to joining Altair, Brown previously served as interim chief financial officer at NortonLifeLock, a leading consumer cyber safety company, and chief accounting officer at Symantec, a leading provider of enterprise security software. He also held finance leadership roles at Blue Coat Systems, NETGEAR, and Brocade Communications, after starting his career at KPMG, LLP.

Brown is a certified public accountant with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Brett Chouinard

President, Chief Operating Officer

As president and chief operating officer for Altair, Brett Chouinard is responsible for global sales and technical support, including EMEA, APAC, and Americas regional operations, as well as Altair's business partner programs.He joined Altair in 1993 and held a variety of positions, including managing the North Central region for the Americas operation, and as vice president of the Americas region.

With a strong technical background and business acumen, Chouinard has managed significant growth in all of his positions, while building an impressive team of business leaders worldwide.His leadership skills continue to produce strong, profitable growth today, while planning for sustained business success in the years to come.

Prior to joining Altair, he worked as an engineer at GE Aircraft.Chouinard earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of Cincinnati.

Dr. Uwe Schramm

Chief Technical Officer

As chief technical officer for Altair's solvers, optimization, and smart multi-physics solutions and strategy, Dr. Uwe Schramm is responsible for developing computational engines to solve today's most complex engineering problems, while developing and deeply embedding optimization technology throughout Altair's software portfolio to spur innovation and to drive the design process.

For over 20 years, Dr. Schramm has held senior management positions at Altair including overseeing the development of Altair's optimization technologies, building a western region consulting practice, and serving as managing director of Altair’s operations in Germany.

Prior to joining Altair, Dr. Schramm had a career in academia at the University of Virginia and University of Rostock.He is recognized globally for his research contributions in structural and multi-disciplinary optimization.

Dr. Schramm holds a master’s and doctorate degree from the University of Rostock, Germany.

Sam Mahalingam

Chief Technical Officer

As chief technical officer, Srikanth (Sam) Mahalingam is the CTO for Altair's cloud and high-performance computing (HPC) strategy where he is responsible for applying new cloud and mobile technologies to the digital simulation and HPC worlds.

With more than 20 years of experience in software development, software architecture, technical management, and project management, Mahalingam is responsible for shaping current products and identifying new products and solutions to ease cloud adoption and mobile strategies for Altair customers.

During his time at Altair, Mahalingam has worked on various products and projects across custom services and product teams.He then joined a start-up as a joint promoter to launch a disruptive virtual try-on product that was later acquired by a large software services firm in India.Mahalingam rejoined Altair in 2005 to spearhead new product initiatives and eventually became Altair’s thought leader for enterprise software strategies.

Mahalingam earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering and an executive master’s degree in business administration from the Indian School of Business.

Amy Messano

Chief Marketing Officer

As chief marketing officer, Amy Messano is responsible for Altair's global corporate marketing and communications strategy and execution.She has more than two decades of deep experience in all facets of marketing and communications in the fields of technology, advanced mobility, and energy.

Prior to Altair, Messano served as vice president of integrated marketing and communications at Aptiv (formerly Delphi), where she was a key player in launching the spin-off company.Previously, she held various senior roles at Microsoft and DTE Energy.Throughout her career, Messano has received countless awards for leading and launching innovative campaigns that have driven exceptional results through world-class collaboration.

Messano earned a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado.

Nelson Dias

Chief Revenue Officer

As chief revenue officer, Nelson Dias is responsible for creating integration and alignment between all revenue-related functions, including marketing, sales, customer support, pricing, and revenue management.

With more than 30 years of technical sales and management experience, Dias has held several senior management roles at Altair including senior vice president of Altair’s operations in Asia Pacific and managing director of Altair India.

Dias earned a bachelor’s degree of engineering in computer science from the University of Mumbai.

Gilma Saravia

Chief People Officer

As chief people officer, Gilma Saravia leads Altair’s global human resources organization, including workforce strategy, talent acquisition and development, and employee engagement.

Saravia joined Altair from Aptiv where she served as vice president, global corporate human resources and talent.Previously, she held various senior roles at U. S. Steel and Deloitte’s Human Capital consulting group.

Saravia has more than two decades of experience in leading large-scale, global teams in organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition and development, and HR transformation at major companies.

She earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and holds various certifications in talent, leadership development, diversity, and inclusion.

Dave Simon

Chief Administrative Officer

As chief administrative officer, Dave Simon is responsible for Altair’s analyst relations and executive communication functions.

With more than 20 years of technical and management experience, Simon has held several senior management roles at Altair including senior vice president where he was responsible for corporate talent and communications, vice president of corporate communications, president of Altair’s wholly-owned subsidiary Toggled, and director of product innovation.Prior to these roles he served as president of Simco Industries and was also an engineer at Ford Motor Company.

Simon holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from University of Michigan and a master’s degree in management from Walsh College.

Raoul Maitra

Chief Legal Officer

As chief legal officer, Raoul Maitra is responsible for Altair’s legal affairs including developing and leading corporate legal strategy to promote and protect the company's intellectual property and overseeing delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish corporate goals, strategies, and priorities.

Previously, Maitra served as Altair’s co-general counsel and deputy general counsel.

Maitra earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of Michigan and a juris doctor degree from the Mauer School of Law at Indiana University (Bloomington).

Stephanie Buckner

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Corporate Development担当Senior Vice Presidentとして、Altairの戦略的事業構想および合併・買収関連業務を統括。業務内容は、Altairのエコシステム全体（ソフトウェア、ハードウェア、Altairパートナーアライアンス）に関わる戦略的パートナーシップ、またはお客様との戦略的パートナーシップの構築など。

Altairに入社する以前は、Cisco Systems社およびAmerican Express社でアナリストとして勤務。Altair移籍後にWEYV社を共同で創業し、CEOに就任（WEYV社は、Altairの特許取得済みのデジタルコンテンツライセンスモデルをベースにしたマルチコンテンツプラットフォーム）。

直近では、Altairの上級管理職を経験。Strategic Alliances担当Directorとして、新規パートナー登録数の意欲的な目標をクリアしただけでなく、サードパーティーB2Bソフトウェアプロバイダーのスカウト、営業、オンボーディング、関係管理を担当。

ミシガン大学でインダストリアルエンジニアリングおよびオペレーションズエンジニアリングの学士号を取得。

Brian Gayle

Chief Accounting Officer

Brian Gayle has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer since September 2018 and also became our principal accounting officer in March 2021. From March 2015 to September 2018, Mr. Gayle served as our Vice President-Corporate Controller. Prior to these roles, Mr. Gayle began his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Mr. Gayle is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree of Accountancy from the Walsh College.

James R. Scapa

James R. Scapa brings more than 35 years of engineering experience to his dual role of chairman and CEO of Altair, a title he has held since the company's inception in 1985.

Through Scapa's leadership, the company is now a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics.Today, the company employs over 3,000 engineers, scientists and creatives with more than 86 offices in 25 countries.

With more than 11,000 customers globally, Altair software enables customers to enhance product performance, compress development time and reduce costs.

Scapa earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a master of business administration degree from University of Michigan.

Trace Harris

財務、戦略、事業開発を統括。これまでの20年のキャリアの中で、世界的なメディア企業や教育産業において取引管理や管理職を経験。

スタンフォード大学で学士号、イエール大学経営大学院で経営学修士（MBA）を取得後、ニューヨークのJP Morgan社に入社。その後、Warner Brothers International Channels社でDirector of Finance and Channel Operationsを務めた後、Universal Studios Television Group社でSenior Vice President of Strategic Developmentとして、国外テレビ戦略の企画・遂行のほか、同社初の国際テレビネットワークの立ち上げを指揮。直近では、Vivendi社に13年間在籍し、最終的に上級執行役員として米国内の事業戦略・財務・経営企画・経営改革を統括。現在、メディアおよび教育企業の顧問。

スタンフォード大学で経済学の学士号、イエール大学経営大学院で経営学修士（MBA）を取得（専門は財務）。

Jim Anderson

As an executive on Google’s Cloud team, Jim has more than 25 years of experience with some of the world’s leading technology companies including Hewlett Packard, Dell and Cisco. Jim works with customers to leverage emerging cloud, AI, and data analytics technologies to drive data-powered innovation and accelerate digital transformations. Known for his experience in helping companies take advantage of market transitions to meet growth opportunities, Anderson was selected by Savoy magazine as one of the “Most Influential Black Americans in Corporate America” in 2020.

Previously, Anderson held several transformational leadership roles, including serving as the vice president of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $1B+ Cloud Service Provider business; the president of the Americas for BAE Systems Applied Intelligence; global sales director of Unified Computing at Cisco; and vice president of enterprise sales for Dell’s Public Sector.

Anderson holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University. He previously served as an independent board director for the U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming as well as chairman of the board for Make-a-Wish of Central Texas. He is a board member for the Education Reform Network, a member of Executive Leadership Council, and a member of the GTM Advisory Board for CapitalG (Alphabet’s independent growth fund).

Steve Earhart

CPA・MBA保持者。テクノロジーや消費者向け製品を取り扱う公開 / 非公開企業において、40年以上財務や事業経営を経験。専門は、事業戦略、買収の最適化、コーポレートファイナンスなど。

2003年までMotorola社のFinance担当Senior Vice President。在任中は、携帯電話事業の立ち上げ、日本、中国、ヨーロッパ諸国の携帯電話技術市場への参入、市場開拓のためのベンチャー投資、企業の安定化を図るための資本形成に貢献。

Motorola社のSVP退任後は、SSA Global Technologies社にてExecutive Vice PresidentとChief Financial Officerを兼任。在任中は主に買収によって売上高を3倍に拡大。SSAの新規株式公開（IPO）を主導した後、Global Technologies社へのSSA社の売却を担当し、売却完了後にInfor Global社のCFOに就任。2009年にはTorex社のExecutive Vice President兼CFOに就任し、経営の立て直しに注力。2012年から2017年まではWorld Kitchen社のCFO。

イリノイ大学で会計学の学士号、ウィスコンシン大学マディソン校で経営学修士を取得。

Shekar Ayyar

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Shekar is the chief executive officer of AdMY Technology Group, Inc. and a venture partner at NTTVC. He has a wealth of consulting, strategy, and technical expertise in electronics, telecommunications, and software markets and has an outstanding track record of efficiently scaling technology businesses including both organic and inorganic growth.

Shekar was most recently an executive vice president and general manager for VMware’s telco and edge cloud business unit and previously held other leadership positions at VMWare including as the company’s executive vice president of strategy and corporate development.

Prior to joining VMware, Shekar held executive positions at BindView and Instantis, and advised executive management through roles at Lucent Technologies and McKinsey & Company. He also was an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Lafayette College and conducted research at Bell Laboratories.

Shekar earned a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; a PhD and master of science degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University; and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

He has advised on the Boards of MobiledgeX, Cohere, U.S. India Business Council, Puppet, and the VMware Foundation. He is currently on the California board for Room to Read.

Mary C. Boyce

著名な教育者、研究者、リーダー。ニューヨーク市のコロンビア大学工学部（The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science）の学部長、同学部の教授（Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering）。それ以前は、マサチューセッツ工科大学に25年以上在籍。2008年から2013年まで、同大学機械工学科の学科長。

主な研究テーマは、材料工学と機械工学。特に、ポリマーや軟質複合材料のマルチスケール力学および非線形力学に注力。これまでに各論文誌において材料工学、機械工学、物理学の論文を170本以上発表。40人以上の修士論文、25人以上の博士論文の指導実績。アメリカ機械学会（ASME）、アメリカ芸術科学アカデミー（AAAS）、全米技術アカデミー（NAE）の各会員にも選ばれるなど、学術界への貢献が広く評価されている。現在、教員200人以上、学部生1,500人以上、大学院生2,500人以上、博士研究員100人以上が在籍するコロンビア大学工学部の研究および教育を統括。

バージニア工科大学で工学の学士号、マサチューセッツ工科大学で機械工学の修士号および博士号を取得。