Tecplot Appoints Alan Klug as Strategic Account Manager

Tecplot_logoBELLEVUE, WA, Feb 8, 2016 – Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading CFD visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists, announced that it has hired Alan Klug as its strategic account manager, a new position at the company.

Improving Workflows and Speeding Processes

In this role, Klug will work with some of Tecplot’s largest and most loyal customers, primarily from the aerospace and defense industry, to see how the company can better serve them. In addition, he’ll look for new groups within those customer-organizations that might benefit from Tecplot software to improve their workflow and speed their processes.

“We’re successful as a company when our clients are successfully leveraging our software to improve their work-product, and I want to make sure they get the attention they deserve,” Klug explained. “I’ll work closely with our internal technical and product management teams to make sure the voice-of-the-customer is heard.”

Prior to joining Tecplot, Klug worked in business development and project management at Stratos Product Development Corp. Before that, he was a program manager at Stark Aerospace Corp. and an aeronautical engineer at Analytical Methods Inc.

A Washington State native, Klug attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Real-world Experience as an Aeronautical Engineer

At Tecplot, Klug will report to Tom Chan, the company’s vice president of customer development. “We are thrilled to have recruited and hired an individual whose credentials are as impressive as Alan’s,” Chan said. “His strong educational background coupled with real-world experience as an aeronautical engineer will serve Alan well in his new role, which I would describe as 60 percent technology consultant and 40 percent sales.”

About Tecplot, Inc.

Founded in 1981 by former Boeing engineers Don Roberts and Mike Peery, who today serve as CEO and chairman of the board, respectively, Tecplot is the leading developer of CFD visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists. Tecplot’s products allow customers using desktop computers and laptops to quickly analyze and understand information hidden in complex data, and communicate their results to others via brilliant images and compelling animations. The privately held company’s products are used by more than 47,000 technical professionals around the world.

Tecplot has been awarded numerous Small Business Innovation Research contracts from DOD, NASA, DARPA, and the National Science Foundation. In 2012, the company was named a Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award winner.

Since its founding more than 30 years ago, Tecplot has consistently delivered category-leading innovation to the engineering and scientific communities. Examples of this never-ending innovation include Tecplot RS for oil & gas reservoir simulation data, Tecplot Chorus for analyzing multiple simulations of design-space exploration data, Tecplot 360 EX for lightning-fast visualization & analysis of complex data, and Tecplot Focus for automating routine data analysis and plotting tasks.

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