Altium Leadership

As Chief Executive Officer, Aram is at the forefront of the development of Altium’s strategic direction and is responsible for leading the company’s global business strategy. Aram has a deep understanding of the EDA industry, accumulated through many years of being at the frontline of CAD software development. He also has a strong track record in financial management and stakeholder engagement. At the heart of his visionary approach to transform the electronics industry, is Altium’s strong financial performance and its ability to form strategic partnerships with other industry leaders. Under Aram’s leadership, Altium has become the fastest growing EDA company.

Aram has a long and influential history with Altium, having commenced his career with the company as Director of Research and Development from 1991-1999. Following a successful IPO in 1999, Aram left to explore his interest in web-based technology before returning to Altium in 2010 when he was appointed Head of Engineering, followed by Chief Technology Officer. Aram has held the role of CEO since January 2014 and has been an Executive Director of the Altium Board since 2012. Aram holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the University of Tasmania, Australia.

As Chief of Staff, Kim works closely with the CEO on strategy development, stakeholder management and implementation of the planning framework that aligns strategy with operations to accelerate the company’s dominance and transformative agenda. Since joining Altium in 2012, Kim has been a key member of the Altium executive, working closely with the Altium Board, and is responsible for the strategic management of the relationship between Altium and the financial community.

Kim was appointed VP Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs in February 2015. Prior to joining Altium in 2012, Kim held senior roles within the Treasury Department for the State of Tasmania, specializing in the analysis of economic and financial matters and the development of public policy platforms. In the early 2000s, she held the role of Research Manager at Macquarie Bank. Kim also serves as joint Company Secretary. She holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Tasmania, Australia.

As Chief Financial Officer, Martin is responsible for the financial management of Altium’s global operations and its statutory and compliance obligations. Martin works closely with the President and the Chief Operating Officer to operationalize strategy and to drive high performance.

Prior to becoming CFO in October 2020, Martin was SVP Finance at Altium and led the global finance function for over 15 years. During that period, he provided strong business support to Altium’s sales teams and business intelligence to guide strategic and operational decision-making. Martin is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a BA Hons (Accounting) from Portsmouth University, United Kingdom and an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Australia.

As Chief Customer Officer, Ted Pawela is responsible for engaging with all users within the Altium 365 ecosystem and for driving brand loyalty fundamental to the pursuit of Altium’s industry transformation agenda. Ted has extensive knowledge and experience in marketing at a leadership level and a strong technical background with broad functional experience in software companies. In the short-to-medium term, Ted is also serving as Head of Value Sales, working closely with the CSO, to build a high performing sales team that focuses on account-based value selling focused on Altium 365 Pro.

Ted joined Altium in 2016 and has served in the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining Altium, Ted served as Product Management Executive responsible for marketing at BIOVIA (a subsidiary company of Dassault Systemes). Ted holds a M.S. Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University, a B.S. Oceanographic Technology from Florida Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.

As Chief Software Architect, Leigh is responsible for driving product and technology developments across the electronic design, manufacturing and supply chain domains as part of Altium’s vision to transform the electronics industry. Leigh leads the development of the company’s cloud platform Altium 365 and is actively engaged with strategic technology partnerships, working closely with the CEO. Leigh is also head of engineering for Octopart.

Leigh joined Altium in 2015 as part of the acquisition of Ciiva, a company that he co-founded. Leigh has 20 years of experience in systems, software and hardware engineering. He was Chief Technology Officer at Toradex AG, a market leading Swiss based embedded computing company for many years. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, first class, from The University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom.