Altair Technology Conference Malaysia 2025

Lim Seng Tat is a Sales Director for the South East Asia region at Altair, specializing in business development for simulation, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing solutions. He has over 8 years of experience in business development, including direct and indirect sales across various industries and geographies. His expertise extends to multidisciplinary engineering organizations and R&D, encompassing automotive, aerospace, electronics, and more.

A passionate and versatile leader, Azrul Reza is a mechanical-automotive engineer with an unwavering passion for engineering and the automotive industry. His career has taken him on a fascinating journey, from finance and banking to strategic planning and executive management. He began his journey as a consultant for Public Mutual before transitioning to corporate and investment banking roles with Bank Islam and Kuwait Finance House. Demonstrating exceptional aptitude for strategic planning, Azrul took on the challenge of transforming a family enterprise with diverse interests, ultimately being promoted to Chief Strategy Officer. 

In his subsequent positions as COO of a private investment firm and GCEO of a GLC, Azrul cemented his reputation as a change-maker and business builder. He currently serves as CEO of MARii, a government agency propelling the automotive industry and its ecosystem in Malaysia—a sector contributing 4% to the nation’s GDP and employing approximately 700,000 individuals. Passionate about private equity, venture capital, family office management, and foundation/trust structures, Azrul is driven to make a lasting impact on national interests. He aspires to pursue a PhD or DBA, focusing on researching family enterprises or foundation/trust structures in Malaysia, leveraging his extensive experience to contribute meaningfully to these fields. 

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Azrul has a colorful and fulfilling lifestyle driven by his diverse interests. When he’s not immersed in the world of finance and engineering, you can find him indulging in his hobbies, which include exploring the great outdoors & travel. In both his professional endeavors and personal pursuits, Azrul Reza exemplifies the true essence of a visionary leader—bold, diverse, and ever-committed to making a positive impact on society and the world at large. 

Raphael is supporting Siemens customers in APAC since 2019 with over 20 years of experience in Engineering Simulation and Test for key industries such as Automotive, Battery, Aerospace, Electronics and Semicon industries. He has previously served at the Siemens aerospace competence center as an industry expert supporting customers by developing solution based on Xcelerator portfolio.

Prior to his career at Siemens Raphael has been managing projects and contributed to the development and certification of primary and secondary flight control systems, launcher thrust vector control system and braking systems for Airbus and EU Launchers.

He obtained a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from ECAM (Ecole centrale des Arts et Métiers, Brussels).

Raphael lives in Singapore

A savvy person in large scale project management, mechanical consultancy, and development of new academic projects and programs, Prof. Ir. Dr. Azman Senin aims to drive the business and academic outcomes for Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). With his 26 years in hands-on university (UniKL) and automotive project management experiences in creating a new railway specialization with two (2) new academic programs, he had setup more than 20 railway equipment, two (2) Industry-oriented projects, four (4) Industry contributions, two (2) Industry grants and one (1) International research grant.

Defining a clear mission and goals for design institute, he successfully aligned design expertise and resources, and delivered results by developing two (2) design programs, Italy Design Day for three (3) consecutive years and linkages with four (4) top design universities in Italy. He is a member of Italy Malaysia Business Association and awarded the Companion of Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), United Kingdom in March 2023.

Originally, Frank joined Altair November 2018 from Exa Corporation where he was Managing Partner and Country Manager for China. Mr. Wu has extensive expertise in developing and managing direct and indirect channels worldwide. His tenure at Exa started in 2008, developing new business in various countries, and later focused exclusively on operations in China with successful revenue growth at CAGR 55% for over 6 years. Recently, after 2 years with Cadence Frank returned back to Altair in August 2023 to drive comprehensive automotive solutions using Altair’s newly improved line of CFD and ML/AI technologies.

He is Co-founder of a Market Development Organization helping companies grow business with specialization in international markets. Since 1995 Frank’s has developed and executed international business strategies in various industries including Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering (MCAE), Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) and Packaging/Supply Chain (SCM) with responsibilities from opening new regional markets, opening international offices and establishing strong international operations in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Frank has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and a M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He graduated with honors from both schools and is fluent in four languages: Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Teh is the Head of Presales at Siemens Digital Industries Software Southeast Asia, having joined through the acquisition of Mentor Graphics. With over 27 years of experience in Research & Development, Sales, Services, and Project Management, he brings a wealth of electronics industry expertise. Throughout his career, Teh has been honoured with multiple Global Technical Excellence Awards and Best Paper Conference accolades for his contributions to Electronics Design and Manufacturing
Teh holds an MSc in Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design (CAD/CAM/CAE) with Distinction from The Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom. He resides in Singapore with his wife and two children. In his leisure time, Teh enjoys running on the treadmill and spending time with his family.

Dr. Shidan Murphy is an award-winning scientist, educator and data scientist with significant business experience in the Asia-Pacific. He has published several papers published in international journals and written software to teach statistical computing in R.

Beginning his career as a Research Scientist with the Canada Government, Dr. Murphy developed numerical methods to predict how climate change, shipping patterns and shoreline modifications affect fish communities in the Great Lakes of North America and in the Canadian Arctic. Today, Dr. Murphy works towards solving the analytical issues facing financial institutions, retailors, utilities, insurance and consumer-packaged good companies across Asia, India and Australia. Dr. ShidanMurphy oversees the pre-sales and technical delivery of Data Analytics for Altair Engineering in the Asia-Pacific.

Dr Murphy holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.

Senthil Arumugam is the Senior Director of Global Sales for DEM Technology at Altair. He has been with Altair EDEM for over 12 years and is responsible for supporting the growth of Altair EDEM Technology within the Asia Pacific region. Senthil works across various industries to promote the use of granular material simulation and help customers address challenges in process and equipment design. He is based in the United Kingdom.

Mohd Kaswandee Razali is a Software Developer and R&D Senior Researcher at MFRC, the AFDEX development company based in South Korea. He currently leads efforts in developing microstructure prediction and heat treatment modules for forging simulation. He earned both his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Gyeongsang National University (GNU), South Korea, where his research was heavily focused on process simulation using AFDEX.

Throughout his career, he has held various technical and business roles in the bulk and sheet metal forming industries, including customer management, technical support, marketing, strategy, business process improvement, project management, and research & development. He has made significant contributions to improving AFDEX 2D & 3D solver algorithms and parallel programming. In addition to his research on plasticity and the elasto-plastic finite element method, he actively promotes AFDEX worldwide, helping users without CAE experience overcome challenges in forging process development.

More than 20 years of professional experience in CAE and computational fluid dynamics domain. Graduated from Technical University of Berlin with Master in Global Production Engineering (Photovoltaics). Currently Head of the Center for Research and Development of Internet of Things at Asia Pacific University Malaysia, he leads pioneering research at the intersection of industrial metaverse technologies. His work focuses on integrating artificial intelligence, advanced data analytics, and high-fidelity simulation platforms to create synergistic solutions for industry-specific applications. Specializing in IoT-enabled embodied AI systems, he bridges the gap between digital twin environments and physical autonomous systems, driving innovation in smart manufacturing, intelligent infrastructure, and next-generation industrial automation. His research emphasizes the convergence of virtual and physical worlds to enable more responsive, adaptive, and intelligent industrial ecosystems. Prior to joining Asia Pacific University, he was attached to several industrial multinationals in various research development CFD engineering projects primarily in Germany. 

Joined Altair in 2004 as a Project Engineer and successively served as a Consulting Advisor and Technical Manager. Participated in NVH development projects for complete vehicles and is familiar vehicle safety crash simulation. Specialized in structural optimization, with involvement in bus optimization projects. Proficient in enterprise simulation platform construction, leading and participating in the optimization of simulation processes and the construction of simulation platforms for OEMs.
As Technical Director of Altair China since 2016, responsible for technical departments in simulation, data, and services.
Graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science of Fudan University in 2004 and obtained a Master of Business Administration from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2014.

Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Faizah Abu Bakar has more than 20 years of professional experience in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), curriculum development, and engineering education. She obtained her Ph.D. in Microelectronic Engineering from Universiti Malaysia Perlis after completing her master’s degree in electrical (Electronic & Communication) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Currently serving as the Director of the UniMAP TVET Centre, she plays a strategic role in strengthening industry-academia collaboration, spearheading professional certification programs, and aligning UniMAP’s TVET initiatives with national policies and global skills demand. Her work focuses on developing structured, industry-relevant teaching factory models, industrial laboratory and enhancing competency-based training frameworks across engineering & technology disciplines.

Prior to her current role, she held multiple academic and administrative positions at UniMAP, contributing significantly to the development of engineering & technology programs, quality assurance frameworks, and faculty-industry integrated learning platforms.

Eng Ban Wee is the Technical Director for Altair Engineering Malaysia, focusing on the CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) domain. He has over 17 years of experience in this field and specializes in helping customers in Taiwan, China, and ASEAN countries adopt simulation in their product design and development. His work includes setting up CAE processes, providing training, and supporting customers in areas like structural simulation. Prior to Altair, he worked as a CAE Engineer for a consulting firm, evaluating components and full vehicles for durability, crash, and strength.

Dr Abdul Hadi Azman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
He obtained his PhD in 2017 from University Grenoble Alpes, France, specializing in Additive Manufacturing. His main research area is in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM): Lightweight high-strength part designs for Additive Manufacturing (AM) through the integration of lattice structures and topology optimisation.
His research interests also includes investigating CAD file formats for AM, Design for remanufacturing in DfAM, mechanical behaviour of lattice structures, bone implant and brake caliper designs for AM, FEA and experimental characterisation of lattice structure mechanical properties.

Ambuj brings 18 years of energy industry expertise, currently serving as Altair’s Sales Director & Head of Sales APAC (Energy), leading solution positioning across APAC and Middle East markets. Holding a Mechanical Engineering degree and postgraduate qualification in Turbomachinery Design from MS Ramaiah Institute, their 17-year pre-Altair career covered manufacturing, project management, application engineering and sales across thermal power plants, control systems, process industries, oil & gas, energy storage, hydrogen production, heat pumps, and grids & marine systems.

Simon Backhaus with IRnow works since 2013 to successfully implement Industry 4.0 in various plants – two (2) years in Germany and ten (10) years in Malaysia. The projects et. alia encompass
1. real-time machine and process condition monitoring reducing unplanned downtime and delivery delays
2. simulation of processes and products to cut down on rejection, and
3. data analytics with AI in the areas of process improvement, vision systems and process monitoring enabling reduced operating costs of up to 8% pa.
The formal technical education in Germany resulted in a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and the management education resulted in an MBA in Malaysia. Having speaking engagements with local chambers and associations as well as smart manufacturing conferences, it always is my pleasure to share relevant, practical how-to guides with the audience. Senior executives from companies such as Infineon, Resonac and Casem stay in touch with me after the speaking engagement to further leverage on the practical guides shared.

Mukesh is an HPC Specialist with ASEAN Enterprise Computing, where he drives both pre-sales and post-sales technical engagements for Altair PBS Suite. With over 9 years of industry experience, he specializes in designing, deploying, optimizing and automating high performance computing infrastructures – ranging from compact setups to large-scale environments. His expertise spans on-premise and hybrid cloud ecosystems, with a focus on delivering scalable and accessible HPC solutions tailored to enterprise needs.