Altair Engineering Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Altair Engineering's CEO is Jim Scapa, appointed in Jan 1985, has a tenure of 39.83 years. total yearly compensation is $7.32M, comprised of 11.8% salary and 88.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 19.87% of the company’s shares, worth €1.71B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5 years and 6.6 years respectively.

Key information

Jim Scapa

Chief executive officer

US$7.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage11.8%
CEO tenure39.8yrs
CEO ownership19.9%
Management average tenure5yrs
Board average tenure6.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jim Scapa's remuneration changed compared to Altair Engineering's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$33m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$27m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$10m

Dec 31 2023US$7mUS$860k

-US$9m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$17m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$45m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$57m

Dec 31 2022US$5mUS$830k

-US$43m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$57m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$32m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$12m

Dec 31 2021US$4mUS$830k

-US$9m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$5m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$6m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$2m

Dec 31 2020US$2mUS$623k

-US$10m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$14m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$22m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$15m

Dec 31 2019US$2mUS$830k

-US$8m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$15m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$2m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$4m

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$830k

US$16m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-US$36m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$66m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$73m

Dec 31 2017US$2mUS$830k

-US$102m

Compensation vs Market: Jim's total compensation ($USD7.32M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD3.59M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Jim's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Jim Scapa (67 yo)

39.8yrs

Tenure

US$7,318,992

Compensation

Mr. James R. Scapa, also known as Jim, has been President and Director of Datawatch Corporation since December 13, 2018. Mr. Scapa is Founder of Altair Engineering, Inc., and has been its Chairman of the...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Scapa
Founder39.8yrsUS$7.32m19.87%
€ 1.7b
Matthew Brown
Chief Financial Officer3.7yrsUS$2.56m0.021%
€ 1.8m
Stephanie Buckner
Chief Operating Officer2.8yrsUS$1.13m0.019%
€ 1.6m
Srikanth Mahalingam
Chief Technology Officer2.8yrsUS$1.30m0.025%
€ 2.2m
Nelson Dias
Chief Revenue Officer6.8yrsUS$1.11m0.032%
€ 2.7m
Brian Gayle
Senior VP6.2yrsno data0.014%
€ 1.2m
Stephen Palmtag
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Raoul Maitra
Chief Legal Officer4.8yrsno data0.022%
€ 1.9m
Amy Messano
Chief Marketing Officer5.8yrsUS$1.16m0.012%
€ 1.0m
Gilma Saravia
Chief People Officer4.8yrsUS$1.29m0.010%
€ 874.3k
Martin Nichols
Chief Purchasing Officer5.2yrsno datano data
Ming Zhou
Senior Vice President of Software Development - Structural Analysis and Optimizationno datano datano data

5.0yrs

Average Tenure

52.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 8A2's management team is considered experienced (5 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Scapa
Founder39.8yrsUS$7.32m19.87%
€ 1.7b
Shekar Ayyar
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$270.00k0.0093%
€ 802.0k
Stephen Earhart
Independent Director13.5yrsUS$270.00k0.074%
€ 6.4m
Trace Harris
Independent Non-Employee Director8.3yrsUS$270.00k0.022%
€ 1.9m
Mary Boyce
Independent Director6.6yrsUS$270.00k0.034%
€ 2.9m
James Anderson
Independent Director3.4yrsUS$270.00k0.014%
€ 1.2m
Sandra Carter
Independent Director2.9yrsUS$270.00k0.012%
€ 1.0m

6.6yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 8A2's board of directors are considered experienced (6.6 years average tenure).