David Fetah Has Joined MSC.Software as VP of Human Resources

MSC.Software Corporation announced today that David Fetah has joined the Company as Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Fetah is a seasoned human resources executive with broad accounting experience within the technology, manufacturing and engineering industries. During his career he has demonstrated ability to combine visionary, strategic and tactical human resources expertise to deliver bottom-line results. Fetah joins MSC.Software from St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global large market cap S&P company and leading manufacturer of medical devices where he served as vice president of human resources. During his tenure at St. Jude, Fetah developed and deployed human resource solutions that integrated strategic and operating business plans with the human capital assets of the company to drive successful business performance across the entire enterprise. Prior to that position he served as vice president, human resources and administration for Western Digital Corporation, a worldwide leader in the engineering and manufacturing of computer hard disk drives where he led the human resources function on a worldwide basis. Fetah also served in previous high-level human resources positions at PeopleSoft, Inc. and the Fluor Corporation. "David Fetah's global human resources experience is marked not only by technical strengths and proven ability, but also by support and understanding of business initiatives," said John A. Mongelluzzo, Executive Vice President, Business Administration, Legal Affairs and Secretary of MSC.Software. "He is a strong leader with an established global track record of aligning core human resources strategy with business, improving process and influencing best-practices. We are pleased to welcome him to MSC.Software."