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Jay Pathak

Director, Software Development

Jay has more than 17 years of experience in enterprise software development with a focus on framework development, web services, 3D numerical simulations, scientific visualization, and machine learning. In his current role as Director of Software Development at Ansys, he manages technology teams with a focus on AI/ML as it applies to engineering simulation. He drives research projects, mentors development teams, and manages university collaboration and key customer relationships.

In previous roles at Ansys, Jay was instrumental in managing and leading physics teams for key development initiatives, such as growing the number of solvers over a decade and in the productization of Ansys Discovery AIM.

Prior to joining Ansys, Jay worked as a software engineer at Nei Software, which was acquired later by Autodesk Inc.

Education:

• Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Florida

Licenses & Certifications: 

• Lean Agile Project Management
• Implementing Lean Agile for Your Team
• UX Design Essentials for Executives
• Parrallel and Distributed Computing
• Handoop and MapReduce by Cloudera
• Up and Running with Azure
• Up and Running with ASP.NET
• Machine Learning by Stanford University of Coursera 
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Executive Data Science Specialization
• Inclusive Leadership

Joined Ansys: July 2005