EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, USA, and REHOVOT, Israel, Feb 28, 2020 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a global leader in additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology, announced the appointment of Dov Ofer as the company’s new Chairman of the Board, effective May 17, 2020. Current Chairman Elchanan (Elan) Jaglom will continue in his role until the transition date.

Dov Ofer

Mr. Ofer brings significant strategic and leadership skills that will help guide the board as Stratasys embarks on an exciting growth phase in the coming years. Mr. Ofer has served Stratasys as a board member since July 2017 and was appointed to the board’s Oversight Committee in June 2018 when the Company began to search for a new permanent CEO.

Mr. Ofer has a strong history of introducing innovation and driving technology leadership, with over twenty-five years of experience in executive management and board memberships. From April 2007 to December 2013, Mr. Ofer served as Chief Executive Officer of Lumenis Ltd. Previously he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of HP Scitex, after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Vision, Ltd. Mr. Ofer currently serves as Chairman of Magen Eco-Energy RCA Ltd., Vice Chairman of Scodix Ltd., Director of Kornit Digital Ltd. and Director of Copprint.

“Along with the rest of the board, I look forward to supporting our new CEO, Yoav Zeif, in my upcoming role as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors for Stratasys,” said Dov Ofer. “With the growth of the additive manufacturing industry and the new innovations Stratasys is bringing to market, this is a pivotal time for the company. I’m committed to ensuring clear direction, strong governance and a continued solid financial foundation so that the company can grow its leadership position.”

Mr. Ofer holds a B.A. in Economics from the Hebrew University in Israel and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

About Stratasys 

Stratasys is a global leader in additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology, and is the manufacturer of FDM®, PolyJet™ and stereolithography 3D Printers. The Company’s technologies are used to create prototypes, manufacturing tools, and production parts for industries, including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, consumer products and education. For 30 years, Stratasys products have helped manufacturers reduce product-development time, cost, and time-to-market, as well as reduce or eliminate tooling costs and improve product quality. The Stratasys 3D printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise includes: 3D printers, materials, software, strategic consulting and professional services, and paid parts production. Online at: www.stratasys.com, http://blog.stratasys.com and LinkedIn.

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SURREY, UK, Feb 28, 2020 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division launched PC-DMIS 2020 R1, the latest edition of the world’s most popular measurement software. PC-DMIS 2020 R1 brings new features, capabilities and an enhanced user experience to portable measuring arm operators and those who scan and create point cloud data.

PC-DMIS 2020 R1 delivers new features, capabilities and greater usability for portable measuring arm users

The new feature ‘Guided Portable Execution’ streamlines the creation and execution of contact Auto Features. This takes the guesswork out of measurement manual measurement paths by guiding the user through the measurements, showing where measurement points need to be taken in red and points already captured in green, whilst automatically scaling and rotating to the active Auto Feature. For users of scanning devices, they can now show the point cloud data as a mesh display, selecting a pre-defined profile with one click from the portable scanning widget toolbar. The new point cloud noise reduction filter automatically removes any points too far away from the global cloud. The user can adjust the sensitivity of the filter, offering the right level for each task.

In addition to these new features aimed at enhancing the use of measuring arms, 2020 R1 offers improvements to existing features. The Protect feature, introduced in PC-DMIS 2019 R1 to help PC-DMIS users version control their measurement routines and add levels of traceability to their processes, has been enhanced with the addition of a new ‘Supervisor role’. Ideal for companies that follow a multi-level approval process, this feature enables restrictions on who has the authority to certify or reject measurement routine changes submitted by the programmer. Home Page was introduced in PC-DMIS 2019 R2, offering a new and more intuitive way for the user to manage and access their routines, with useful links to resources, information and forums on the PC-DMIS home screen. In 2020 R1 this has been improved by the addition of example measurement routines and preloaded best practice templates, as well as the capability for users to create and share their own templates.

“We are very pleased to release this latest version of our market-leading metrology software PC-DMIS,” says Ken Woodbine, Senior Product Manager – PC-DMIS Collaborative Solutions at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. “PC-DMIS 2020 R1 offers a number of features designed for our customers that use portable arms and scanners as well as building on some of our recent, innovative features. The improvements in this version continue to illustrate PC-DMIS’s extensive capabilities across the different types of metrology equipment and measurement technologies.”

This is the first of two major PC-DMIS releases scheduled for 2020, with continued service pack updates to ensure maximum reliability of the platform. PC-DMIS 2020 R1 is available to download immediately from HexagonMI.com or through Universal Updater. More information is available through local Hexagon commercial operations and dealers.

About Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilize data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

BEND, OR, USA, Feb 27, 2020 – Tech Soft 3D, the leading provider of software-development toolkits (SDKs) for companies that develop software for manufacturing and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), announced a significant investment from global, technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures. Battery General Partner Morad Elhafed and Vice President Satoshi Harris-Koizumi will join the Tech Soft 3D board of directors.

Tech Soft 3D will use the additional capital to fuel growth by investing in product development, scaling the company’s global reach and increasing its product offerings through acquisitions. The company also expects to further expand its portfolio of partners.

Tech Soft 3D delivers top-tier building-block technologies that power innovative 3D applications and is used by leading software-development companies across sectors such as CAD/CAM/CAE, building and construction, AR/VR, additive manufacturing, product lifecycle management (PLM), metrology, electronic design automation, and mining and geosciences. The company’s partner ecosystem includes hundreds of companies, such as Adobe, Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, Desktop Metal, Trimble, 3D Systems, Siemens PLM, Samsung SDS, Bentley, Hexagon, Xometry and ANSYS, among others.

“Every day, millions of engineers use software powered by Tech Soft 3D component technology,” said Morad Elhafed, general partner at Battery Ventures. “The company’s reach is extremely impressive, and its products are fueling innovation at large and small companies undergoing digital transformation. We are excited to partner with Tech Soft 3D to help the company grow.”

Added Satoshi Harris-Koizumi, vice president at Battery: “As every company becomes a software company, we think demand for Tech Soft 3D’s products will only increase—and we look forward to partnering with the company to penetrate new markets and expand, both organically and through acquisitions.”

“We are thrilled to leverage Battery’s domain expertise in software, and the firm’s global network of relationships, to take our company to the next level,” said Tech Soft 3D CEO Ron Fritz. “We are driven to help our partners develop innovative, reliable 3D software applications. As the trend of increased 3D software development continues to accelerate, this investment from Battery will allow us to expand our offerings and better serve current and future partners.”

Battery Ventures has over a decade of experience helping scale platform companies in product lifecycle management. Its portfolio companies in this area include manufacturing-software company SigmaTEK Systems* and Vero Software,* one of the largest vendors in the CAM market that was acquired by Hexagon AB in 2014.

Tech Soft 3D serves its partners from offices in the USA, U.K., France and Japan.

*For a full list of all Battery portfolio companies, please click here.

About Tech Soft 3D

Tech Soft 3D is the leading global provider of development tools that help software teams deliver successful applications. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Bend, Oregon, Tech Soft 3D also has offices in California, France, England and Japan. The company’s toolkit products power nearly 500 unique applications running on hundreds of millions of computers worldwide. For more information, visit www.techsoft3d.com.

About Battery Ventures

Battery partners with exceptional founders and management teams developing category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, enterprise infrastructure, online marketplaces, healthcare IT and industrial technology. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at all stages, ranging from seed and early to growth and buyout, and invests globally from offices in Boston, San Francisco, Menlo Park, Israel, London and New York. Follow the firm on Twitter @BatteryVentures, visit our website at www.battery.com and find a full list of Battery’s portfolio companies here.

FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany, Feb 27, 2020 – Maxon is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an updated version of the Cineware for Illustrator plug-in (CwAI), which enables artists and designers to add and edit 3D objects directly within Adobe Illustrator CC 2020, the industry-standard vector graphics application included in the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Cineware for Illustrator is available at no cost for MacOS and Windows on the Maxon web site.

Cineware for Illustrator uses the same powerful 3D engine as Cinema 4D, Maxon’s Sci-Tech award-winning, intuitive, professional 3D application. Users can import any C4D file, and tweak the view, lighting and textures to integrate 3D elements with 2D designs or use 3D elements as templates when creating vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator CC. This enables designers to visualize product labels, incorporate rich 3D content into Illustrator compositions, or even arrange 3D elements as guides for form and perspective when creating vector artwork.

Turbosquid, the leading online source for 3D models, has kindly provided Cineware for Illustrator users a “jump start” into the third dimension with a collection of ready-to-use 3D models, including common product packaging and other 3D objects. Users of Cinema 4D can create and share their own custom 3D content for use in Illustrator CC.

Cineware for Illustrator Feature Highlights

1. 3D Objects: Rotate, position and show/hide individual 3D objects from any Cinema 4D scene, all within Illustrator CC.
2. Materials: Adjust the color, reflection, luminance, transparency, and bump directly within Illustrator CC. Users can even apply vector artwork to the surface of 3D models
3. Cameras: Switch between pre-set cameras or use simple navigation tools to choose preferred viewing angle.
4. Lights: Enable or disable lights, and change their color to set a mood and emphasize shapes.
5. Integrate: Workflow allows easy removal of the background by choosing the automatically created alpha map so 3D elements can be integrated into existing vector artwork.

About Maxon 

Headquartered in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, Maxon is a developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning Cinema 4D and Redshift 3D software products have been used extensively to help create and render everything from stunning visual effects in top feature films, TV shows and commercials, cutting-edge game cinematics for AAA games, as well as for medical illustration, architectural and industrial design applications. In 2019, Cinema 4D was awarded a Scientific and Technical Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Maxon has offices in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Singapore. Maxon products are available directly from the website and its worldwide distribution network. Maxon is part of the Nemetschek Group. For moreinformation, visit https://www.maxon.net

EXTON, PA, USA, Feb 27, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced its call for nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2020.

Winners of Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards

The Year in Infrastructure Awards are an integral part of Bentley’s annual Year in Infrastructure Conference. The conference, which will take place October 12-15 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, brings together infrastructure professionals and industry thought leaders from around the world to share best practices and learn about the latest advances in technology that will improve infrastructure project delivery and asset performance. Winners are announced during the gala awards dinner at the culmination of the conference.

Users of Bentley software are invited to nominate their projects in the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, no matter which phase the project is in – planning/conception, design, construction, or operations. The three finalists chosen for each awards category win a trip to Vancouver to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference as guests of Bentley Systems. As part of the conference, the finalists will present their projects before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media.

Every project nominated for an award receives recognition across the global infrastructure community. Through the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, participants:

1. Gain global recognition by having their infrastructure projects profiled in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook, which is distributed in print and digital formats to media, government, and industry influencers around the world. All winning and finalist projects are also featured on bentley.com
2. Enhance their competitive edge by demonstrating to existing and potential clients the value they add to projects through their digital innovations
3. Receive media coverage from global media and support from the Bentley team in marketing and promoting their respective projects to the media

The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards will recognize outstanding achievements for infrastructure projects and assets in the following categories:

1. 4D Digital Construction
2. Bridges
3. Buildings and Campuses
4. Digital Cities
5. Geotechnical Engineering
6. Land and Site Development
7. Manufacturing
8. Mining and Offshore Engineering
9. Power Generation
10. Project Delivery
11. Rail and Transit
12. Reality Modeling
13. Roads and Highways
14. Road and Rail Asset Performance
15. Structural Engineering
16. Utilities and Communications
17. Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance
18. Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
19. Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Networks

Additionally, projects that represent Bentley’s mission of advancing infrastructure but transcend the narrower focus of the individual category awards can be considered for Special Recognition awards including:

1. Advancements in Digital Twins for Project Delivery (Project Digital Twins) for a project using a digital twin to gain useful insights, such as understanding the impact of change and design alternatives or highlighting issues with the quality of project data, to more effectively collaborate with the extended project team or to model the performance of a project and its construction.
2. Advancements in Digital Twins for Asset Performance (Performance Digital Twins) for a project involving an operating infrastructure asset that uses a digital twin to gain useful insights to improve the performance in areas such as throughput, safety, compliance, or maintenance, to evaluate the relative impact of different operational strategies, to support training operational staff, or to support remote operations.
3. Advancements in Sustainability and Resilience for a project that has been designed or an infrastructure asset that is being operated to achieve better sustainability (lower carbon footprint, better use of renewables, reduced environmental impact) or higher resilience (ability to withstand and recover from man-made or natural disasters, adaptability to changing conditions).

For additional information about the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, or to nominate a project, visit the Year in Infrastructure Awards website.

Watch a one-minute video about the nomination process.

About Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure Conference

Presented by Bentley Institute, the Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations focused on best practices and technologies for going digital. The conference is globally recognized as the leading forum for addressing the current priorities and opportunities that impact the infrastructure industry. Attendees hear from industry thought leaders, engage in forums and discussions, and learn about technologies and best practices that will shape the future of infrastructure delivery and operations.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is the leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, including public works, utilities, industrial plants, and digital cities. Bentley’s MicroStation-based open modeling applications, and its open simulation applications, accelerate design integration; its ProjectWise and SYNCHRO offerings accelerate project delivery; and its AssetWise offerings accelerate asset and network performance. Spanning infrastructure engineering, Bentley’s iTwin Services are fundamentally advancing BIM and GIS to 4D digital twins.

Bentley Systems employs more than 3,500 colleagues, generates annual revenues of $700 million in 170 countries, and has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions since 2014. From inception in 1984, the company has remained majority-owned by its five founding Bentley brothers. www.bentley.com

BOCA RATON, FL, USA, Feb 26, 2020 – Nano Dimension Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: NNDM), a leading Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) provider, announced the appointment of J. Christopher Moran and Ms. Nira Poran as members of the company’s board of directors, effective immediately.

J. Christopher Moran (Chris) and Ms. Nira Poran

About J. Christopher Moran (Chris)

J. Christopher Moran (Chris) is a Vice-President of Lockheed Martin Corporation and the Executive Director and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Lockheed Martin. He is responsible for leading the Corporation’s investments in small technology companies which support Lockheed Martin’s strategic business objectives.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Moran served in a variety of increasingly responsible positions at Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.  Most recently, he was the head of the Business Systems and Analytics group in the Applied Global Services Organization. Mr. Moran was with Applied for over 32 years, including as the head of Corporate Strategy and the General Manager of Applied Ventures LLC, the strategic investing arm of Applied Materials.

Mr. Moran is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained both his Bachelor and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering.

“North America’s Electronics and Defense industries are quickly becoming a foundation of our growth. Over the past several months these industries have provided tremendous input shaping our product roadmap and future capabilities. Mr. Moran’s decades of experience in the electronics industry, as well as his deep visibility into the cutting edge of the defense industry will provide a guiding hand to Nano Dimension’s strategy. We are honored by Mr. Moran’s decision to join our Board,” said Mr. Ofir Baharav, Nano Dimension’s Chairman of the Board of Directors.

About Ms. Nira Poran

Ms. Poran has extensive experience in managing content-technology companies, international businesses initiatives as well as corporate and communal business development efforts. Ms. Poran had served as an Adviser of Public Affairs for the Prime Minister of Israel where she supervised the Status of Women portfolio. In this role, she was involved in various committees and activities, including different parliament committees. She also represented the State of Israel in UN conferences in Vienna and New York. Ms. Poran lived and worked in Paris, New York, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai and San Francisco.

Ms. Poran is the Executive Director of the Association of Corporate Counselors. She was a legal adviser in the firm ZAG/JUN ZEJUN, a cooperation between an Israeli and Chinese law firm.

Prior to that, Ms. Poran was the co-founder and chief executive officer and later the Chairperson of the Board of Mars Interactive Games Ltd. Mars was a pioneer content technology company, developing interactive television games and game channels for digital networks.

Ms. Poran earned a MA with honors in Gender Studies and an LLM, International and Public Law, from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

“Having conducted business in many of the world’s major hubs, Ms. Poran has gained experience in multicultural communication and management. I expect that as we expand our business in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, Ms. Poran’s experience will be of great contribution. We are honored to have her join our Board,” said Ofir Baharav, Nano Dimension’s Chairman of the Board of Directors.

About Nano Dimension

Nano Dimension (Nasdaq, TASE: NNDM) is a provider of intelligent machines for the fabrication of Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME). High fidelity active electronic and electromechanical subassemblies are integral enablers of autonomous intelligent drones, cars, satellites, smartphones, and in vivo medical devices. They necessitate iterative development, IP safety, fast time-to-market and device performance gains, thereby mandating AME for in-house, rapid prototyping and production. Nano Dimension machines serve cross-industry needs by depositing proprietary consumable conductive and dielectric materials simultaneously, while concurrently integrating in-situ capacitors, antennas, coils, transformers and electromechanical components, to function at unprecedented performance. Nano Dimension bridges the gap between PCB and semiconductor integrated circuits. A revolution at the click of a button: From CAD to a functional high-performance AME device in hours, solely at the cost of the consumable materials. For more information, please visit www.nano-di.com.

MUNICH, Germany, Feb 26, 2020 – Software company Autodesk and European construction service provider STRABAG signed a letter of intent in Munich, aiming to cooperate even more closely in the digitization of the construction industry in the future. The agreement strengthens the long-standing relationship between the two companies, and focuses on the common development of BIM applications tailored to the requirements of the European market. In doing so, the diverse experience that STRABAG is gathering on construction sites throughout Europe could enable a more practice-oriented development of potential software solutions. These will be tested and optimized within the framework of existing construction projects. A special focus will be the integration of corresponding applications for construction and logistics processes – Autodesk and STRABAG expect high and yet often unused potential of BIM.

“For years, we have been valuing the great cooperation with Autodesk when it comes to definition and development of BIM software,” said Klemens Haselsteiner, new member of the STRABAG SE Management Board for Digitalisation. “As leading construction service provider, we aim to drive digitization of the construction industry in Europe. The advancement of Building Information Modelling – with a focus on applications for construction and logistics processes – is our goal.”

As a first step, the companies are conducting a series of joint workshops in which experts from both companies deal with important key issues. Currently, the first series on the topic of infrastructure, a focus area of STRABAG, is already underway. The expansion and maintenance of the transport infrastructure is one of the largest future projects, especially in Germany, leading to various opportunities for the construction industry. Approximately 2,500 bridges need to be renovated or adapted for higher traffic volumes.  At the same time, Building Information Modeling is required as a planning basis for public-sector tenders from 2020.

Andrew Anagnost, CEO, Autodesk noted, “Europe and especially the German-speaking region are an important market for us. Our aim is to better address the market requirements of the future and are pleased to have a company like STRABAG with the right expertise and vision to lead the way with us.”

In addition to the conventional implementation of construction projects with BIM, the companies will deal with pre-construction – meaning modular and partial design outside the construction site – in the future. The practical experience gained by STRABAG employees on the construction site coupled with Autodesk’s expertise in design and production from the MFG sector complement each other in the pre-construction building phase.

About Autodesk

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.

TEUFEN, Switzerland, Feb 26, 2020 – NUM has launched a powerful form compensation option for its renowned NUMROTO tool grinding software. The new option enables tool manufacturers to ‘close the loop’ between CNC tool grinding and measurement, in order to further increase process accuracy and consistency. The system inherently compensates for process variables such as temperature fluctuations and grinding wheel wear, and is likely to prove especially popular with manufacturers of the latest specialist precision tools, which demand unprecedentedly tight production standards.

NUM’s renowned NUMROTO tool grinding software now features fully integrated form compensation facilities.

Operators seeking to maximise the accuracy of tools produced on CNC grinding machines generally use a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to obtain probed measurements of the machined part, using this information to influence the production process during subsequent machining operations. Until now, NUMROTO users processed the results from the CMM with proprietary third party compensation software running on an external computer, before feeding a suitably corrected target profile back into the CNC machine.

Developed in conjunction with several key NUMROTO end users, NUM’s new form compensation facility forms a fully integrated part of the company’s form cutter package and completely dispenses with the need for any third-party software. The data exchange between the CMM and the CNC machine can be handled by XML interface or by export/import of the DXF file via a local area network.

The form compensation software employs advanced filtering algorithms to create a very smooth and precise compensation profile. The software always calculates the orientation of the grinding wheel and the path speed from the original profile, so that only the position of the contact point on the cutting edge is compensated – and not the orientation of the grinding wheel. This ensures that the surface quality of the tool is unaffected by the compensation.

NUM’s new form compensation option is compatible with NUMROTO version 4.1.2 or later.

First launched in 1987, NUMROTO software has become the preferred choice for many of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC machines for the production and re-sharpening of tools such as end-mills, drills, step drills, form cutters and many others. It is currently used on more than 6,000 machines worldwide.

Compared to most competitive products on the market, the software provides a much more direct and efficient path between tool design, manufacture and verification. For more information, visit https://num.com.

TROY, MI, USA, Feb 26, 2020 – Altair, (Nasdaq: ALTR) a global technology company providing solutions in product development, high-performance computing and data analytics, announced that Gilma Saravia has joined the company as chief people officer.

Gilma Saravia

Saravia will lead Altair’s global human resources organization, including its workforce strategy, talent acquisition and development, as well as employee engagement. She will oversee all aspects of Altair’s HR functions globally, supporting 3,300 employees across 26 countries. Additionally, as a member of the Altair executive leadership team, she will support strategic company initiatives to ensure Altair continues to foster a culture that attracts, grows and retains the best and the brightest.

Saravia brings 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. Most recently she was vice president, global corporate human resources and talent for Aptiv. Prior to Aptiv, she held executive roles at U. S. Steel and served as a senior manager in Deloitte’s Human Capital consulting group. During her combined industry and consulting tenure, Saravia led global engagements across multiple industries including technology, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, transportation, public sector, education, and financial services.

“Gilma’s people-first approach to organizational effectiveness and global mindset will be an asset as we continue to scale and develop our teams in order to achieve our growth targets, while maintaining our exceptional culture,” said James Scapa, Altair founder and chief executive officer. “People are our most important asset and we are excited to bring Gilma on board to focus on creating and executing a winning HR strategy.”

“I am energized and honored to help shape the future of Altair,” said Saravia. “What I admire most about Altair is its outstanding culture and the leadership team’s commitment to its people. Those two essential elements create a culture of innovation that delivers ground-breaking technologies for our customers.”

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

About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics. Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future. For more information, visit visit www.altair.com.

PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Feb 26, 2020 – With the release of Ansys RaptorH, Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) will empower engineers to accelerate and improve 5G, three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) and radio-frequency integrated circuit design workflows for innovations like smart devices, antenna arrays and data storage systems. RaptorH fuses the fidelity of Ansys’ flagship HFSS with the speed and high-capacity architecture of RaptorX — enabling designers to reduce chip size, lower power consumption, decrease production cost and minimize time-to-market.

From high-performance systems-on-chip for 5G mobile devices and network infrastructure to the radio-frequency transceivers that enable autonomous vehicles and the industrial Internet of Things, circuit design is heavily impacted by electromagnetics. Ansys RaptorH will empower customers to overcome unwanted interference that often leads to lengthy design cycles, increased risk, higher costs and sub-optimal performance.

The highly-integrated analysis solution of Ansys RaptorH enables designers to simulate electromagnetic phenomena on advanced nanometer silicon designs across multi-chip 3D-ICs, silicon interposers and advanced packaging — resulting in shorter design cycles and improved reliability and integrity.

“Companies designing the next-generation of electronics face mounting time-to-market pressure as they try to solve incredibly complex design challenges within error-prone and expensive workflows,” said John Lee, vice president and general manager, Ansys. “By combining the world-class engines of Ansys HFSS and Ansys RaptorX into a single analysis solution, Ansys will provide an immediate solution for efficiently addressing electromagnetic effects across multiple high-speed and high-performance applications. As the global leader in electromagnetics, Ansys is proud to build upon our heritage with the launch of Ansys RaptorH.”

About ANSYS, Inc.

If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a product where Ansys software played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Visit www.ansys.com for more information.