Who we are. What we do.

CEO

Mike Juran is the CEO and co-founder of Altia. He sets the vision and is involved in key strategic decisions driving the company’s growth, market position and product development.

Since its founding, Mike worked with Altia’s key customers and partners and has a deep understanding of their business issues, technical challenges and opportunities. He was involved in the development of some of Altia’s finest Human Machine Interfaces and embedded device GUIs for automotive instrument clusters, HUDs, audio and infotainment systems. In addition to his automotive experience, Mike’s history includes medical device products, consumer electronics, industrial equipment and many of the products that are on the front lines of the Internet of Things. Mike leads Altia’s business and development efforts from the company’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Prior to co-founding Altia, Mike was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, then later at AT&T Microelectronics Europe in Munich, Germany. In both positions Mike contributed as a microprocessor and computer hardware designer, then as a product marketing manager. He continued his career as a software developer and user interface design expert for electronic design automation products at Hewlett Packard in Colorado.

Mike earned a B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Mike has been awarded three U.S. patents related to graphics, user interface design and electronic design automation tool architecture:  5,164,911; 5,883,639; and 6,957,418.

VP of Finance

Jenny Laughlin leads the Finance and Accounting functions for Altia in her role as VP of Finance. She is passionate about well-designed process and execution and has worked with teams in large and small companies to re-engineer policies, procedures, systems and control environments. Jenny and her team continually strive to support Altia’s growth: managing cash flow and costs and improving the business support infrastructure.

Prior to joining Altia, Jenny served as CFO of an educational software provider and spent several years with a private equity company. She has held several roles at First Data Corporation, including a key role driving the accounting and reporting related to First Data’s $29 billion private equity LBO. Additionally, Jenny spent five years with First Data’s global technical accounting team, focusing on financial instruments, revenue recognition and software capitalization. She has also worked at Ernst & Young, managed a private client’s SEC reporting team and served as Controller of an early stage operation overseas where the business grew from $6 million in revenue to $30 million during her tenure.

Jenny has two B.S. degrees – one in Marketing from Colorado State University and another in Accounting from Metropolitan State University of Denver — and is a licensed CPA in the State of Colorado. She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Colorado Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) and serves on the Board of Directors for Denver’s Early Childhood Council.

VP of Marketing

Jason Williamson is Altia’s VP of Marketing and is responsible for marketing communications, partner relationships and market strategy.  Altia’s software is closely tied to embedded hardware, so Jason’s relationship with leading silicon vendors is crucial.

Prior to taking on the marketing leadership role, Jason contributed to all areas of Altia’s success –  including research and development, sales, technical support, consulting, training, testing and engineering project management.  His unusually broad background positions Jason to genuinely and clearly communicate complex concepts and solutions to Altia’s customers – helping to satisfy the exploding market which is increasingly hungry for embedded display GUIs.

During Jason’s tenure as a software engineer, project manager and engineering leader, Jason worked with most of Altia’s key customers, including Hewlett Packard, Honda, General Motors, Chrysler, Denso, Delphi, Visteon, Caterpillar, Fiat, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Motorola, Stryker Corporation and Stanford University.  He has been involved in creating many next-generation displays, including full-spectrum automotive entertainment systems, automotive instrument clusters, and prototypes of numerous consumer electronics and medical devices.

Jason graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, a B.S. in Engineering Math and Computer Science and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Sales Director EMEA, Altia Europe GmbH

As Sales Director EMEA, Armin is actively involved in nurturing and expanding Altia’s customer base across Europe. With extensive expertise in Automotive applications, the Internet of Things, embedded software and the semiconductor business, Armin brings a wealth of knowledge about complex HMI projects as well as a keen understanding about delivering state-of-the-art embedded applications for production.

Before joining Altia, Armin held several sales-related positions across Europe. As Sales Director at mozaiq, he was instrumental in launching their IoT marketplace platform. At VoiceBox Technologies, Armin served as Director of Sales for Europe and then Vice President of Sales for North, Central and Eastern Europe where he grew their Conversational AI Platform business. Armin has also worked at Wind River in their Embedded Software Solutions division, at SPX Europe GmbH as a Sales Manager for their Diagnostics division and as a Technical Sales Engineer in various European regions at Texas Instruments.

Armin holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Munich.

Executive Director of Sales

Mark Taylor, Executive Director of Sales, is dedicated to the success of our comprehensive list of North American automotive OEM and Tier 1 suppliers, as well as key non-automotive clients, through the planning, procurement and execution of Altia HMI software development and code generation software and services. Based in the suburbs of Detroit, Mark is perfectly situated to engage directly with companies who are developing and deploying embedded user interfaces for production. Mark collaborates not only with Altia’s engineering and services teams but also Altia’s key silicon partners to deliver low cost and industry-leading HMI solutions to its customers. He has helped a vast array of teams get their embedded displays to production – with products ranging from instrument clusters, HUDs, infotainment systems and driver displays to home appliances, thermostats, medical devices and more.

Before joining Altia in 2009, Mark held key positions in executive leadership, sales, project management and product delivery at companies including General Motors, Citation Global Manufacturing Solutions, Indicon Corporation and EPLAN Software and Services. This strength of experience makes Mark perfectly suited to support complex HMI development programs like those in automotive, from concept to successful production.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.