James Scapa

Founder of Altair Engineering, Inc., Altair Engineering Ltd., Altair Engineering GmbH and Altair Product Design, Inc., James Ralph Scapa is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies and presently is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Altair Engineering, Inc. and Chairman & Co-Managing Director at Altair Engineering GmbH, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Altair Product Design, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of Datawatch Corp. and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Altair Engineering Ltd. (which are all subsidiaries of Altair Engineering, Inc.). He is also on the board of Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd. In the past he was Consultant at Ford Motor Co. He received an undergraduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and an MBA from the University of Michigan.