Employee Spotlight:
Chuck Anastasia

Chuck started at JAR in 1988 as an ANSYS technical support engineer. He taught FEA classes and was responsible for Computational Fluid Dynamics sales and consulting in the early 1990's.

Chuck left JAR in 1995 to become an Engineering Supervisor for Texas Instruments Automotive Sensors and Controls Group in Attleboro, MA. At TI, Chuck supervised a team of twenty-five engineers and technicians developing electromechanical switches to control automatic transmissions.

Chuck returned to JAR in August 1997 as Engineering Sales Manager for JAR's consulting group, and he was promoted to General Manager in 2000.

At JAR, Chuck interacts with clients, producing proposals that meet customer's technical, cost, and schedule requirements, and managing electronic product development activities.

Chuck is an avid sailor, crewing on a J37 for club racing from May through September. Chuck traded in his own sailboat for a powerboat and dreams of becoming a serious fisherman.