WOLTOSZ WALTER S

About WOLTOSZ WALTER S

Walter S. Woltosz is a long-serving leader at Simulations Plus, Inc., where he has held several prominent roles: cofounder, former Chief Executive Officer, director since 1996, and Chairman of the Board until December 2024. He also serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. His career reflects a sustained focus on engineering, simulation, and technology applications in the life sciences. Before cofounding Simulations Plus, Woltosz built a highly technical career across aerospace and defense-related organizations. He served in the United States Air Force as a missile systems analyst, then worked as an electronics engineer with the Federal Aviation Administration. He later joined Northrop Services, where he developed simulation and optimization software for the Space Shuttle ascent trajectory. His earlier career also included engineering roles with Thiokol, the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, and United Technologies Corporation Chemical Systems Division, where he worked on rocket motor engineering. This background helped shape his expertise in complex systems, modeling, and optimization. In 1981, Woltosz founded Words+, Inc., a company that designs and sells computer-based communication systems for people with severe disabilities. One of its systems was formerly used by Professor Stephen Hawking, underscoring the practical impact of the company’s assistive technology. He later cofounded Simulations Plus, which became known for pharmaceutical modeling and simulation software supporting drug discovery and development. The company’s work has focused on pharmacokinetics, machine-learning methodology, and in silico tools for research in healthcare and life sciences. Woltosz is also a prolific technical contributor, having authored or coauthored more than 70 technical publications, conference papers, and two book chapters over a 25-year period. His contributions reflect deep subject-matter expertise rather than a purely administrative executive profile. Beyond Simulations Plus, he has served as an independent director of Vulcan Line Tools Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama, and was confirmed as a trustee of Auburn University in 2024 for a seven-year term. Overall, his career combines entrepreneurship, governance, engineering leadership, and a long record of innovation in applied simulation technologies.