May 22, 2023 / 12:00PM GMT
Mark Hoh -
Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the 51st JPMorgan TMC Conference. I'm Mark Hoh from JPMorgan. And just a quick reminder to those online that you can submit questions through the webcast as well.
With me this morning, very happy to have Founder, Chairman and CEO of Altair Engineering, Jim Scapa. Jim, great to have you with us.
James R. Scapa - Altair Engineering Inc. - Founder, Chairman & CEO
Good morning.
Questions and Answers:
Mark Hoh -And Jim, I guess, for those who are less familiar with the Altair story, would you be able to quickly provide a short overview of the business?
James R. Scapa - Altair Engineering Inc. - Founder, Chairman & CEO
Of course. Thanks to those of you who made at 8:00 in the morning here. Sure, I founded the company 38 years ago in 1985 in Detroit, which is not a usual place to found a business. We were initially a consulting company, primarily focused on numerical methods, using computers to solve structural