Srikanth Mahalingam

Srikanth (Sam) Mahalingam is the Chief Technology Officer at Altair, with a focus on cloud product strategy, data intelligence, HPC, and IoT. Promoted through various leadership roles since joining Altair in 2005, Srikanth (Sam) has managed significant teams and driven innovation in the EDA and Oil & Gas sectors. Their prior experience includes senior project management at HCL Technologies, co-founding a startup, and engineering management at Altair Engineering, where Srikanth (Sam) developed award-winning software for Ford Motor Company. Sam holds multiple executive education degrees from prestigious institutions, including The Wharton School and Northwestern University, and has served honorarily on the Exascale Computing Project's Industry Council.