Altair Engineering CEO Presents at Needham & Company Growth Conference

Altair Engineering, Inc., a global leader in innovative product development, advanced engineering software and grid computing technology, announced today that James R. Scapa, Altair's president and chief executive officer, will present at Needham & Company's Eighth Annual Growth Conference to be held Jan. 10-13, 2006, in New York City. Scapa will provide an overview of the company, as well as discuss significant project lifecycle management (PLM) and high-performance computing trends in the marketplace.

Needham & Company, founded in 1985, is a nationally recognized investment and asset management firm focused primarily on serving emerging growth industries and their investors. The conference will include presentations from more than 400 companies in sectors that include communications technology and services; industrial growth; Internet services and entertainment; marketing and business outsourcing; medical technology and services; semiconductors; and software.