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MSC.Software Corp. , the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) solutions including simulation software and services, today announced that Ashfaq Munshi & Masood Jabbar have joined the Company's board of directors and have been appointed to the board's governance and nominating committee. Mr. Munshi is the founder, CEO and chairman at Radiance Technologies, Inc., and the founder and a board member of Vivecon. Prior to 2000, Mr. Munshi acted as the founding advisor for SupplyBase Inc. and was the founder, CEO and Chairman of SpecialtyMD.com. During his career, Mr. Munshi has held senior positions at Applied Materials, SGI, and Oracle. Mr. Munshi performed his graduate studies in business at the Stanford Executive Program and graduate studies in computer science at Brown University and the University of California at Santa Cruz. He holds a bachelors degree in physics and applied mathematics from Harvard. "We are pleased to bring Ash's depth of enterprise software expertise to MSC.Software's board of directors," said Bill Weyand, chairman and chief executive officer, MSC.Software. "Ash's entrepreneurial experience in computer technology, enterprise software, and specifically in high performance computing systems, will be a great asset to the Company as we evolve and grow marketshare. We are confident he will be a great contributor to our future success." Mr. Jabbar spent more than 16 years in senior management positions at Sun Microsystems, including executive vice president and advisor to the CEO, executive vice president of global sales operations, president of the Computer Systems Division and vice president, chief financial officer and chief of staff of Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. Prior to joining Sun Microsystems, Mr. Jabbar held executive positions at Xerox Corporation as well as IBM Corporation. Mr. Jabbar serves on the board of directors of Openwave Systems and Silicon Image. Mr. Jabbar holds a masters degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, an MBA from West Texas A&M University and a bachelors degree in economics & statistics from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan. "Masood is a seasoned international high technology executive and his depth and breadth of industry experience will be a great asset to the MSC.Software board of directors going forward," said Bill Weyand, chairman and chief executive officer, MSC.Software. "Masood brings an extremely valuable skill set to MSC.Software, especially in the areas of operations and management as well as enterprise software solutions. The board and I look forward to working with him to help exceed MSC.Software's business goals."