Miss Lee brings ANSYS international legal and business expertise after working for more than two decades at law firms and high-tech companies around the world. She most recently served as Senior Legal Officer at HERE Technologies, a global mapping and location services provider spun off in 2015 from Nokia Corporation where she oversaw all legal and compliance activities and managed the patent portfolio. Prior to that, she held leadership roles at Nokia, AOL and Renaissance Capital Group and worked at law firms in the US and Russia. Miss Lee is a graduate of Stanford Law School, earned a master's in Russian studies from Harvard and a bachelor's in economics and Russian from the University of Michigan.

‘Outstanding pedigree’

‘Janet has an outstanding pedigree and amazing experience both in the legal as well as general business fields,’ said Ajei Gopal, ANSYS CEO. ‘Given her experience in the high-tech industry as well as her extensive background in international law, she will help ANSYS navigate our multiple roads to market, including partnerships and acquisitions.’

‘Leading engineering simulation solutions’

Miss Lee added: ‘For nearly 50 years, ANSYS has built an outstanding reputation of delivering leading engineering simulation solutions to industries around the world. I'm looking forward to working with ANSYS' great management team, its seasoned board of directors and its outstanding legal department – to help this great company write the next chapter in its storied history.’

About ANSYS Inc

ANSYS is the global leader in engineering simulation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs thousands of professionals, many of whom are expert MS and PhD-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and design optimisation. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the US, ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in more than 40 countries.