Shekar Ayyar

Director/Board Member at ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.

62 year

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Electronic Technology

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Currently, Shekar G.
Ayyar serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Arrcus, Inc. since 2021, Chief Executive Officer & Director at AdMY Technology Group, Inc. since 2021, Independent Director at Altair Engineering, Inc. since 2021, Director at Room To Read, Independent Director at ViaSat, Inc. starting 2026, Director at Vmware Foundation, and Venture Partner at Regalis Solutions LLC since 2021.
Formerly, Dr. Ayyar was Director-Business Development at Lucent Technologies, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, Director at Puppet, Inc., Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1996 to 1998, SVP-Strategy & Corporate Development at VMware LLC from 2007 to 2014, Assistant Professor at Lafayette College, Senior Vice President-Business Development at Instantis, Inc. from 2000 to 2004, and Senior Vice President-Product Management at Bindview Corp.
and BindView Development Corp.
from 2004 to 2006.
Education includes a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University conferred in 1991, an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1985, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.

Shekar Ayyar active positions

Companies	Position	Start
ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.	Director/Board Member	2021-07-15
VIASAT, INC.	Director/Board Member	2026-05-05
Room To Read Room To Read Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides educational resources	Director/Board Member	-
Regalis Solutions LLC Regalis Solutions LLC Investment ManagersFinance NTT Venture Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early-stage capital requirements.	Private Equity Investor	2021-04-30
Arrcus, Inc. Arrcus, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software services for network transformation	Chief Executive Officer	2021-09-14
AdMY Technology Group, Inc. AdMY Technology Group, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company	Chief Executive Officer	2021-01-29
Vmware Foundation Vmware Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Shekar Ayyar

Companies	Position	End
VMWARE, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2021-03-31
Bindview Corp.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2005-12-31
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Private companies	18
Lucent Technologies, Inc. Lucent Technologies, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs and builds a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, and data networking systems, as well as telephone systems and microelectronic components	Electronic Technology
ViaSat, Inc. ViaSat, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Produces digital satellite communications, other wireless networking and signal processing equipment and products	Electronic Technology
BindView Development Corp. BindView Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides security management software solutions	Technology Services
McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a management consulting firm	Commercial Services
Altair Engineering, Inc. Altair Engineering, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software solutions for product design and development applications	Technology Services
VMware, Inc. VMware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software for cloud computing, security and app modernization services	Technology Services
The Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Lafayette College Lafayette College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Instantis, Inc. Instantis, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software solutions	Technology Services
Room To Read Room To Read Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides educational resources	Commercial Services
Puppet, Inc. Puppet, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides enterprise information technology automation services	Technology Services
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Bindview Corp.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Vmware Foundation Vmware Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Miscellaneous
Arrcus, Inc. Arrcus, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software services for network transformation	Technology Services
Regalis Solutions LLC Regalis Solutions LLC Investment ManagersFinance NTT Venture Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early-stage capital requirements.	Finance
AdMY Technology Group, Inc. AdMY Technology Group, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company	Finance