Chief Executive Officer and Chairman · Altair Engineering Inc. (ALTR)

James Scapa

A named executive officer of Altair Engineering in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2023

$7,318,992

FY2022: $5,142,001

1st of 5 named executive officers at Altair Engineering by FY2023 total.

5 named officers on file for Altair Engineering, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 5, 2024 (DEF 14A).

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James Scapa compensation by year

Altair Engineering Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Altair Engineering reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$830,000$830,000$860,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,238,600$1,704,403$2,477,220
Option awards$895,496$2,007,665$3,185,160
Non-equity incentive$670,000$550,000$610,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$295,748$49,933$186,612
Total$3,929,843$5,142,001$7,318,992

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Altair Engineering Inc. DEF 14A filed April 5, 2024, accession 0001193125-24-087903, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Altair Engineering Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-24-087903. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 5, 2024.

$3.9M
$5.1M
$7.3M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU38,000$3,197,700—
RSU17,250$1,451,588—
RSU10,000$841,500—
RSU4,000$336,600—
RSU3,292$277,022—
Option60,000—$64.54
Option114,000—$65.19
Option10,000—$30.15
Option20,000—$61.93

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Altair Engineering Inc.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Altair Engineering’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
James Scapa · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman$7,318,992
Matthew BrownChief Financial Officer$2,555,581
Mahalingam SrikanthChief Technology Officer$1,303,867
Stephanie BucknerChief Operating Officer$1,127,200
Nelson DiasChief Revenue Officer$1,105,200

Board service

Altair Engineering board · FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: Altair Engineering pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in RSUs. As stated in Altair Engineering's FY2023 proxy.

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