Altair announced that Andrea Siudara has joined as Chief Information Officer. Siudara will lead Altair’s global information technology team, overseeing Altair's IT systems, enterprise business systems and IT business strategy globally. Additionally, she will support strategic company initiatives as a member of the Altair executive leadership team. Siudara brings nearly 20 years of experience in leading large-scale, global IT organizations for major companies. Most recently she was global director, sales and marketing IT for Ford Motor Company. She has held previous executive roles at Delphi, Dell and General Motors. Siudara succeeds Martin Nichols, who has been named chief purchasing officer and will be responsible for global purchasing, budget tracking and facilities management.
Altair Engineering Inc. is a computational science and artificial intelligence company. The Company provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). The Company operates through two segments: Software and Client Engineering Services. The Software segment includes software, software services, and software-related services. The software component of this segment includes its portfolio of software products, including its solvers and optimization technology products, HPC software applications and hardware products, modeling and visualization tools, data analytics and analysis products. The Client Engineering Services segment provides client engineering services to support its customers with long-term, ongoing expertise. The Companyâs solution FlightStream, provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software with a footprint in the aerospace and defense sector.