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 – and he continues to Mike leads Altia’s business and development efforts from the company’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, 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.

Altia specializes in human-machine interface (HMI) development software and services for production embedded displays. Companies all over the world leverage Altia’s tools and services to develop and deploy custom graphics for instrument clusters, head-up displays, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, radios, ADAS displays, integrated cockpit applications, IoT applications and more. The Altia tool chain includes an integrated, efficient and easy-to-use 3D design flow, global language support and much more. Altia Professional Engineering Services deliver global support across the HMI development lifecycle – from graphics development and user experience research through to testing, functional safety certification and production.