Richard Yen

About Richard Yen

As the current Senior Vice President of Global Automotive and Industry Verticals Team at Altair, I lead the team to analyze emerging and strategic business and technology trends of major industries, identify customer challenges and facilitate sales enablement. We align Altair’s technology to meet industry needs, while formulating marketing and business strategies to maximize growth opportunities and deliver value to the customers. With more than 29 years with Altair, I have held various leadership roles in product management of Altair’s flagship modeling and visualization products, engineering consulting operations, strategic marketing, business development, and global automotive centers of excellence. In Altair’s first global expansion attempt, I was the designated pioneer to explore new business opportunities in Japan, and later growing in additional Asia Pacific and European regions. Through my professional career, in order to successfully expand global business, I have utilized my leadership roles to embrace cultural differences, team diversity, and hierarchical dynamics. I am passionate about leading the team to deliver innovative product and service solutions that exceed customer expectations. Specialties: Software Product Management and Launch Simulation Driven Innovation Engineering Consulting Engineering P&L Operations Product Lifecycle Management and Digital Enterprise Strategic Marketing Planning and Execution Global Business Development and Sales Enablement Cross-cultural and Cross-functional Leadership

Experience

1. Senior Vice-president, Global Industry Verticals and Sales Enablement Team

   Altair

   Jan 2016 — Present · Troy, MI, US

   Responsible for leading the Industry Verticals Team to analyze emerging and strategic business and technology trends of major industries, identify customer challenges and facilitate sales enablement. Align Altair’s technology to meet industry needs. Formulate marketing and business strategies to maximize growth opportunities and deliver exceptional value to customers.

Education

• University of Michigan

  Masters, Mechanical Engineering

  1986 — 1988

Skills

• Cae
• Catia
• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Automotive
• Vehicles
• Product Management
• Finite Element Analysis
• Engineering
• Hypermesh
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Fmea
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Simulations
• Nastran
• Engineering Management
• Powertrain
• Product Development