Altair Engineering Appoints Business Development Manager to Manage Growing China Manufacturing Interests.Business Editors TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2004 Altair Engineering Altair Engineering is a product design and development, engineering software and grid computing software company. Altair was founded by Jim Scapa, George Christ, and Mark Kistner in 1985. Over its history, it has had various locations near Detroit, Michigan, USA. , a global leader in product design development, engineering software and grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal technology, announced the promotion of Molly Hong to China business development manager. This new position was created to support growing client manufacturing interests in China and Altair's expanding Shanghai operations. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mike Heskitt, Altair vice president, product design and development business line, "This new position reflects the dramatic rise in clients partnering with Altair to reduce the cost of manufactured products by leveraging favorable labor markets like China. "Ms. Hong was the obvious choice as she brings more than a decade of experience in manufacturing and strong business relationships with leading manufacturers in China," he added. Ms. Hong's responsibilities will include managing Altair's manufacturing outsourcing to China, in which she will identify, qualify and coordinate manufacturing sources in China that specialize in particular manufacturing methods. In addition, she will work closely with Altair's Shanghai office to support offshore engineering programs and related business activities. For the past four years, Ms. Hong has served as a lead product design engineer for the company's product design and development business line. Prior to joining Altair in 2000, she worked in product design and manufacturing engineering Manufacturing engineering Engineering activities involved in the creation and operation of the technical and economic processes that convert raw materials, energy, and purchased items into components for sale to other manufacturers or into end products for with First Auto Works and Changchun Institute in China. Ms. Hong holds Master of Science degrees in both manufacturing engineering from Jilin University Jilin University (JLU, Simplified Chinese: 吉林大学) is a leading national university under the direct jurisdiction of China's Ministry of Education[1]. in China and mechanical engineering from Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). in Detroit. "With Altair's worldwide network of offices, expertise in design and engineering, along with experience in developing reliable Chinese manufacturing sources, the company offers a distinct advantage to customers considering offshore manufacturing," Ms. Hong says. "Altair's knowledge of Chinese business practices and international engineering standards minimizes the risks for customers who are seeking a competitive advantage by outsourcing to China." About Altair Engineering Through product design consulting, advanced engineering software and grid computing technologies, Altair Engineering increases innovation for clients around the globe. Founded in 1985 and privately held with offices throughout 11 countries, Altair's unparalleled knowledge and expertise in product development and manufacturing extend throughout North America, Europe and Asia. As the developer of Altair(R) HyperWorks(R) -- The Engineering Framework for Product Design(TM), Altair is the leading provider of high-end, open CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. software solutions for modeling, visualization, optimization and process automation. The company's grid computing software, PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, Pro(TM), is a workload management solution for high performance computing environments, LINUX clusters and desktop cycle harvesting that delivers an ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). within one year. For detailed information about Altair, visit www.altair.com. |
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