Altium Limited, a developer of electronic development solutions, announced the appointment of a new President and Chief Operating Officer on Monday.

Emma Lo Russo joined was given the newly created position at an important time, the company said. In order to ensure that the company can do well in the future, it has executed a broad range of organizational changes and initiatives to position itself for growth.

This is an exciting time of growth for Altium, said Nick Martin, founder and CEO, Altium. We are, first and foremost, a technology company whose sole mission is to help engineers build great electronic products. The creation of this new position, combined with Emma's high-energy, well demonstrated leadership and proven capacity for execution, is critical to ensure we continue to develop and grow an organization that supports this as our number one goal.

Shares of Altium remained flat at .56 cents per share on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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