ANSYS, the global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced today that James E. Cashman III, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANSYS, Inc., will present a company overview at the Seventh Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference in New York, New York on Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A live audio webcast and archive will be available on http://www1.ansys.com/ansys/corporate/investors.asp .