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This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the 3D Printing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Todd Siwak
Chief Executive Officer of Ferrara Candy
Todd Siwak is CEO of the Ferrara Candy Company. Prior to joining Ferrara, he was an operating partner at Catterton Partners, one of the largest consumer-focused private equity groups in the United States. He brings to Ferrara a wealth of leadership experience in sales, marketing, operations, and management, with a specific focus on the consumer packaged-goods industry. Todd’s career has been defined by his entrepreneurial spirit, which has led him to build several companies that have experienced quick and dramatic growth. Before joining Catterton, Todd was co-founder of TRG Accessories, an international manufacturer and distributor of travel gear and accessories (global licensee for Swiss Army, Timberland, Callaway Golf); Verimetrix, a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of diagnostic medical equipment; and Mindseye Group, a boutique private equity firm with a focus on consumer and health care companies. He began his career as Executive Vice President of Paramount Headwear, where, under his sales leadership, the company quadrupled in size and became the largest headwear manufacturer in North America. In 2002, Todd was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and a B.S. in economics from the University of Missouri- Columbia.
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About Ferrara Candy: Ferrara Candy is virtual tours of the making of Lemonheads, Red Hots, Gummies, Jawbusters, Boston Baked Beans and Atomic Fireballs.
Lars Brubaker
Co-Founder & CEO of MatterHackers
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About MatterHackers: 3D Printing Software, Hardware, & Supplies
Erik Palitsch
Co-Founder & CEO of Freeform
Erik Palitsch is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Freeform Future.
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About Freeform: Stealth-mode additive manufacturing company.
John B. Rogers
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Local Motors
John B. Rogers, Jr. is the CEO and co-founder of Local Motors, a technology company based in Phoenix that designs, builds and sells vehicles. This disruptive company is redefining vehicle development by pairing micro-manufacturing with co-creation. Local Motors is the first company to utilize Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) in vehicle production, as evidenced when it debuted the world’s first 3D-printed car, the Strati, in September of 2014. Rogers founded Local Motors after serving for seven years in the United States Marine Corps, where he was an Infantry Company Commander. He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co., as an investment analyst at Ewing & Partners, and at a startup medical device company in the People’s Republic of China. He serves as the Chief Investment Officer and Director of the RBR Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on education and healthcare. A graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Rogers holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).
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About Local Motors: Local Motors is an American motor vehicle company that creates and delivers safe and accessible mobility solutions for local communities.
Slava Solonitsyn
CEO and Co-Founder of Mighty Buildings
10 years building companies and investing in startups in Hard Tech, Interactive Digital Media and Gaming. Expert in identifying market opportunities and shaping products for them. Building sales and marketing operations for startups from the ground up. Co-founded hardware incubator Ruvento Ventures which he then scaled to seep capital firm with portfolio companies spanning across Asia, Europe, and the USA. The portfolio includes frontier tech companies such as Boom, Solugen, Eight Sleep, and others.
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About Mighty Buildings: Mighty Buildings is a construction technology company that creates sustainable high-quality homes using 3D printing and robotic automation
Bradley Rothenberg
Co-Founder and CEO of nTopology
Bradley Rothenberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of nTopology.
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About nTopology: nTopology is a company that develops software used in the design and manufacturing of 3D-printed parts and products.
Dan Shapiro
CEO of Glowforge
Dan Shapiro is the CEO and primary turtle wrangler at Robot Turtles, a company created when he accidentally launched the bestselling board game in Kickstarter. He has previously spent time leading a Google subsidiary that operates comparison shopping products. Dan Shapiro joined Google when they bought his previous company, Sparkbuy, a comparison shopping website, where he was founder and CEO. Before Sparkbuy, Dan Shapiro was founder and CEO of Ontela, a pioneering mobile imaging company, where he was named CEO of the Year by MobileBeat. Ontela was frequently recognized including the Dow Jones Top 10 in Wireless list, the CTIA award for Best Social Networking Application, and Breakthrough Startup of the Year by the WTIA. Prior to founding Ontela, Dan Shapiro managed development of the RealArcade service at RealNetworks, enabling thousands of end-users to play classic games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Rollercoaster Tycoon on their desktops. He arrived at RealNetworks by way of Wildseed, where he managed software development for the Identity Cellular Phone. Dan Shapiro started his career at Microsoft working on Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Dan Shapiro’s articles have been published in the Washington Post, Wireless Week, and the Seattle PI, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences and events. He serves on the board of the non-profit Washington Technology Industry Association. He is a mentor for the Founder’s Institute, 500 Startups, and Techstars. Dan Shapiro has been awarded eleven U.S. patents, and received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
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About Glowforge, Robot Turtles, Sparkbuy: Glowforge is a manufacturer of 3D laser printers intended to offer printing services on a wide range of materials and many more.
Ric Fulop
Co-Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal
Ric Fulop is the CEO and co-founder of Desktop Metal, a company committed to accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with end-to-end metal 3D printing solutions. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, materials science, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world. Prior to founding Desktop Metal in October 2015, Ric was a General Partner at North Bridge, a VC fund with $3 billion under management, for five years following a fifteen-year career as an entrepreneur. Fulop is the founder of six technology companies, including A123 Systems, Boston’s largest IPO in the past decade and one of the world’s largest automotive lithium ion suppliers with revenue exceeding $500M in 2016. At North Bridge, Ric led the software and 3D investing practices, and was an early stage investor and board member in Dyn (acquired by Oracle for $600 million), Onshape, MarkForged, Salsify, Lytro and Gridco. Ric is a former Board Member of the Electric Drive Transportation Association and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School where he was a Sloan Fellow.
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About Desktop Metal: Desktop Metal is a provider of metal and carbon fiber 3D printing accessible to all engineers, designers, and manufacturers.
Nabyl Charania
CEO & Co-Founder of Rokk3r
Nabyl Charania is Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Rokk3r Labs, the world’s first cobuilding platform to launch exponential companies. He shapes the global vision of the company, and oversees Rokk3r Labs’ international portfolio of 30+ companies collectively valued at over $200M. Nabyl leads the direction of Rokk3r Labs’ six worldwide offices, and inspires the company’s cohesiveness towards its higher, aspirational purpose of harnessing the global collective genius to cobuild companies that change the world. At the helm of Rokk3r Labs, having led it through various successes, Nabyl has been invited to speak at various conferences and infront of key executive audiences to share his worldchanging vision and thought leadership. Here is a glimpse of his appearances in from the past few months: December 2015 Sime MIA (Miami) “Disrupting FinTech by Cobuilding” October 2015 Reinvention (Ecuador) “The new age of building companies” October 2015 Celebrate 2015 (Las Vegas) “Evolution of company building & earlytolate stage funding” August 2015 Thrive with Daymond John (Miami) “Cobuilding Ideas to Change the World” Nabyl has also been featured in publications such as TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and The Next Web. He has contributed thought leadership such as, “Exponential Organizations are the Future of Global Business and Innovation”, and “The Rise of the Exponential Organization”, in leading publications. Focusing on the last 12 months, Nabyl’s leadership of Rokk3r Labs led to some notable milestones. Rokk3r Labs announced the launch and backing of fund managers at two funds: Cross Valley Capital and Iterative Instinct. Additionally, portfolio companies reached significant milestones. Examples include, Internet of Things startup A dMobilize raising their Series A round of funding, social media geofence platform H YP3R’ s acceptance to the Disney Accelerator program (powered by TechStars) , and the launch of season two of C oinspire, a groundbreaking video leadership platform with guests such as Jim McKelvey, Jack Andraka, and Tom Kelley, hosted by VICE contributor and documentary filmmaker Lilia Luciano. Additionally, 2015 saw Nabyl drive the strategic expansion of Rokk3r Labs into EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) with the opening of its first office in London, UK. In 2015, Nabyl also shared the stage with some of today’s most recognized global innovators and entrepreneurs like Twitter Cofounder & CEO Jack Dorsey, U.S. Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship Daymond John, Founding Executive Director of Singularity University, Salim Ismail, and others, to talk about innovating entrepreneurship for the digital age. Previously, Nabyl was Director of Engineering at Convergys, and Director of Technology at Opence Inc. Nabyl is a Kenyan born, Canadianraised, Europeanseasoned, and Americanmatured founder. He holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. Nabyl is a distinguished member of the Board of Advisors of the Idea Center @ Miami Dade College. He is a sought after advisor, speaker and a visionary with a recognized history of building successful teams and companies. Nabyl is a father of 2, and loves wearing high top sneakers in his quest to connect and change the world.
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About Meta4 Capital, Rokk3r: Rokk3r is a unique platform for entrepreneurs to launch companies through its comprehensive cobuilding approach.
Maxim Lobovsky
Co-Founder and CEO of Formlabs
Maxim Lobovsky launched a successful career as an entrepreneur and startup founder by age 25. As a Program in Media Arts and Sciences master’s student at MIT’s Media Lab, Lobovsky enjoyed access to three-dimensional printers to create necessary components for his projects, designed and printed to spec. Lobovsky could see the potential applications of 3D printing for designers, architects, engineers, and other small businesses;however, the machines he used were prohibitively expensive. After graduating, Lobovsky worked with two of his friends to create the first small-scale, affordable 3D printer for “prosumers,” or professional consumers, and thus was born his startup, Formlabs. Once they had a prototype, called the Form 1, Lobovsky and Formlabs’ co-founders began a Kickstarter campaign, using the power of crowdsourced funding to finance the production of commercial models. Formlabs raised more than $1 million in a week, and nearly $3 million overall—30 times their original fundraising goal. The Form 1 is compatible with CAD software, and uses stereolithography technology to print layers as thin as .001 inches.
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About Formlabs: Formlabs develops accessible 3D fabrication systems designed for printing intricate figures.
Matt Gorniak
Chief Executive Officer of ThreeKit
Matt Gorniak is the Chief Executive Officer at Threekit.
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About ThreeKit: ThreeKit is a 3D product configuration and visualization platform that enables brands to create and manage beautiful visuals at scale.
Michael Amalfitano
President and CEO – Embraer Executive Jets of Embraer US
Michael Amalfitano is the President and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets, leading the company’s global business with annual revenues of $1.7 billion and a fleet of more than 1,100 aircraft with over 800 customers worldwide. A long-standing industry veteran, Michael brings 35+ years of experience in executive leadership, global originations, aircraft valuation, asset management and lease/finance structural analysis for the business aviation industry. Prior to joining Embraer, Michael served as Executive Vice President, Senior Managing Director of Business Aviation at Stonebriar Commercial Finance. He was also Managing Director and Executive Head of Global Corporate Aircraft Finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for more than 22 years, following a decade-long tenure in sales management at GE Capital. In addition to serving on the Leadership Council, the Associate Member Advisory Council and the Joint Task Force Committee of the National Business Aviation Association, Michael is an active member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, Helicopter Association International, European Business Aviation Association and National Aircraft Finance Association. He also holds the distinction as former two-term President of the National Aircraft Finance Association and is former Chairman of the Associate Members Advisory Council for the National Aircraft Resale Association. Michael graduated with a B.A. in Economics and a Masters in Financial Management from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He has written numerous articles for aviation industry publications and is an active speaker and panelist at business aviation seminars and finance conferences throughout the industry.
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About Embraer US: Embraer US is an aviation company that manufactures aircraft.
Antonio Campello
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), EmbraerX of Embraer US
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About Embraer US: Embraer US is an aviation company that manufactures aircraft.
Dave Evans
Co-Founder, CEO of Fictiv
Dave Evans co-founded Fictiv and serves as its CEO in pursuit of his mission to democratize manufacturing. Fictiv’s virtual manufacturing platform pairs intelligent workflow and collaboration software with a global network of highly vetted manufacturers. Prior to Fictiv, Dave was the first hire at Ford’s Silicon Valley Lab which is part of Ford’s Global Research and Advanced Engineering Division. While there, Dave was Lead Hardware Engineer on OpenXC, an open source software and hardware platform to extend customer’s vehicles with custom applications and pluggable modules. In this role, he manufactured hardware for 500+ unit production runs including injection molding, PCB fabrication, box design and assembly. He was also responsible for designing, prototyping, and sourcing hardware builds at the Lab. Dave also proudly led the Stanford University Affiliates project for Ford in the mechanical engineering senior design course.
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About Fictiv: Fictiv is a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem that delivers precision parts on-demand through its digital platform and global partner network.
Kevin Czinger
Founder and CEO of Divergent 3D
Kevin Czinger serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miles Electric Vehicles. He has extensive operating experience and a proven track record of performance in start-up and emerging growth companies. Czinger has served as a senior executive with Goldman Sachs, Bertelsmann AG, the Webvan Group and Global Signal. He has also been active at Benchmark Capital and as a senior Managing Director of Fortress Private Equity Funds.
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About Divergent 3D: Divergent 3D aims to revolutionize the auto industry through 3D printing.
J. Kurt Jacobus
Chairman and CEO of Restor3d
Kurt Jacobus is a Managing Director of the GRA Venture Fund.
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About Restor3d: Restor3d offers surgeons with biomaterials, 3D printing technologies, and artificial intelligence to repair and rebuild the human body.
Shane Fox
Co-Founder and CEO of LINK3D
Shane is a technology evangelist and entrepreneur at the forefront of the Industrial 3D Printing revolution. While working at Within Technologies, a software company that developed and designed software tools for additive manufacturing, Shane’s technology innovation reached over 35 countries. Specializing in topological optimization, he helped create the product known today as Within Medical. In May 2014, Autodesk acquired Within and Shane went on to lead product architecture and business development for the Additive Manufacturing division. Having left Autodesk, Shane co-founded LINK3D. The company’s focus: to automate and optimize the entire additive manufacturing workflow. LINK3D was selected as a ‘FiReStarter Company,’ which previously featured Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) and Michael Dell (Dell), among others. Shane holds a deep understanding of advanced manufacturing, automation, topological optimization and machine learning. He received his B.S in Management Information Systems from California University.
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About LINK3D: Link3D is a SaaS-based solutions to help organizations scale and optimize their additive manufacturing ecosystems.
Suz Somersall
CEO & Co-Founder of KiraKira3D
Serial entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of KiraKira, engineering educational company & mobile 3D modelling app. KiraKira is an Intel-Capital backed startup based in Silicon Valley, partnering with companies like HP and Autodesk to democratize access to 3D modelling and 3D printing. Studied art and engineering at Brown University and The Rhode Island School of Design. Featured in Fast Company this year as 100 Most Creative People in Business.
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About KiraKira3D: KiraKira3D is a First 3D Modeling Mobile Application
Benny Buller
Founder & CEO of Velo3D
Benny Buller started his career in Israel in the Technology unit of the intelligence forces. While there he learned to appreciate the values of imaginative innovation, precise execution, team work, diversity of opinions and that there is no impossible mission to the ones who dare. For his unique contributions, he was awarded by the president, the prestigious national security award. Benny then joined Applied Materials, where he led the work on semiconductor wafer inspection platform and later on electron beam mask writing system, becoming aware to the new growth opportunities in Solar, he decided to leave Applied Materials and join his first start-up, Solyndra. Joining Solyndra as VP of back end technology and engineering in its earliest stage he defined the company’s product by a series of inventions that became the company’s core IP. He hired an excellent team and led it from early concept through product demonstration, manufacturing process development, equipment design and early scale up. However, as the cost model was firming up, he became convinced, four years before the company’s collapse that the company’s cost structure is fundamentally inferior to First Solar, the cost leader of the industry Impressed by First Solar’s cost advantage and its momentum he joined First Solar as director of device physics and built this team. He pushed it from support of incremental improvements to more radical device research and innovation, resulting in crushing of the CdTe cell and module efficiency world records. . After being promoted to VP Module integration, heading all the technology development for the CdTe PV module, he reorganized the development department and realigned its processes, methods and interactions with the manufacturing organization that resulted in doubling the module efficiency improvement rate. Benny graduated from the Jerusalem University in Physics. He is also an Electrical Engineering (communications) graduate from the Technion in Israel. He has more than 70 published patent applications as well as more than 15 granted patents. Benny is married to his lovely wife Ronit and they have four children. His favorite way of spending his free time is by hiking with his family. He can be reached at [email protected].
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About Velo3D: Velo3D is a digital manufacturing company using a Sapphire 3D production printer and flow print preparation software to print 3D metals.
Simon K. Hodson
CEO of Earthshell
Simon K. Hodson is CEO at Earthshell.
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About Earthshell: EarthShell Corporation (the “Company”) is a development stage company engaged in the licensing and commercialization of a proprietary.
Joshua Martin
CEO & Co-Founder of Fortify
Josh Martin is a mechanical engineer and materials scientist by training. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, where he was first exposed to composite materials. Josh worked as a materials scientist at the Army Research Labs before moving to Boston to pursue his Ph.D. at Northeastern University under a National Science Foundation Fellowship. His research spun out into Fortify, where he operates as CEO. Outside of the office, you can find Josh rock climbing and taking motorcycle trips.
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About Fortify: Fortify is an advanced manufacturing startup that aims to disrupt additive manufacturing.
Khatija Ali
Founder & CEO of BioSapien
CEO, Entrepreneur, MD, Scientist, Inventor.
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About BioSapien: BioSapien is a biotech startup focusing on developing a 3D printed drug delivery platform to provide FDA approved drugs.
Anjan Contractor
CEO & Co-Founder of BeeHex, LLC
Anjan Contractor is the CEO and co-founder of BeeHex, Inc., the premier 3D food printing company. He developed multiple prototypes of 3D printers throughout the late 2000s to print edible food, clothing, and complex shapes. Anjan is widely known for winning a NASA grant for building a 3D printer that successfully printed edible pizza. Contractor also advocates for the maker community and Engineers Without Borders. Anjan is a frequent speaker at technology conferences including Maker Faire in Rome, Italy and the University of Southern California Innovation Conference and is regularly consulted by media for his expertise in 3D printing technology.
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About BeeHex, LLC: We are changing the way food is made by using technology that increases efficiency and improves lives.
Ben Baltes
Cofounder & CEO of Toybox Labs
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About Toybox Labs: Unlocking the power of 3d printing for everyday people
Chris Prucha
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Origin
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About Origin: Origin is an additive manufacturing platform designed for mass production
Heidi Hertel
Founder and Co-CEO of Fitz Frames
Heidi Hertel is the founder of Fitz Frames. Heidi was a former director of public affairs and philanthropic strategy at Griffin Schake Consulting, a political consultant at Capital Strategies, and a government affairs manager at Clear Channel Communications and Hertel & Associates.
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About Fitz Frames: Solving glasses for kids and parents, because those who can see the world are the ones who will change it.
Eythor Bender
Co-Founder and CEO of UNYQ
Eythor Bender, the CEO/Co-founder of UNYQ has worked in the prosthetics and bionics industry for 20+ years including leadership roles at two successful startup exits including CEO at Ekso Bionics (IPO) and President at Ossur (IPO), the manufacturer of the prosthetic legs used by ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius in the Olympics.
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About Singularity University, UNYQ: UNYQ is a global medical device company with industry-leading innovative mass customized orthopedic products
Tina Cheng
Founder & CEO of Capsul Jewelry
Tina Cheng is the Founder & CEO at Capsul.
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About Capsul Jewelry: Capsul Jewelry is a D2C brand focused on premium customized jewelry in the accessible luxury segment.
Jason Enos
Founder & CEO of Empire Group
Jason has always had a passion for building things. He began his career in the early 90s as pattern maker for Hasbro. In 1999, Jason founded Empire Prototype (known today as the Empire Group). From its inception, Jason and the company embraced technology, 3D printing in particular. The company quickly grew into a 16,000 sq. ft. facility. Breaking away from the traditional model/pattern maker role required Empire to create a new process for creating prototypes faster and at a higher level of quality than its overseas counterparts. This process has since become the industry standard.
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About Empire Group: Empire Group is a full-service product development provider – from design and engineering, to prototype, to low-mid volume production.
Anna Cheniuntai
Founder and CEO of Apis Cor
Anna Cheniuntai is the CEO and Founder of Apis Cor.
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About Apis Cor: Apis Cor develops mobile construction 3D printerы that work in polar coordinates.
Sonny Vu
CEO of Arevo
Before Arevo, Sonny was President and CTO (Connected Devices) at Fossil Group (NASDAQ: FOSL) which acquired Misfit, a wearable tech company he founded, for $260m. He previously founded Elemental Machines (remote process monitoring / analytics), AgaMatrix (biosensors for diabetes), and FireSpout (natural language processing). Sonny is a founder of Alabaster with investments in 30+ deeptech startups. Previously, he worked at Microsoft Research in NLP under Kai-Fu Lee, pursued a Linguistics PhD at MIT under Noam Chomsky, and studied math at UIUC.
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About Alabaster, Arevo, Arevo, Fossil, Impact Biosystems, Olivex, Superstrata Bike: Arevo develops technology to enable direct digital additive manufacturing of parts for end use applications in high volume.
Melanie Matheu
CO-Founder & CEO of Prellis Biologics
Matheu co-founded Prellis Biologics in October 2016, with the mission to create fully vascularized human tissues and organs for transplantation. Her realization that the tiny blood vessels necessary for creating human organs could be replicated using the laser technology at the center of her PhD thesis work, led to development of the blended engineering and biology approach Prellis is using to solve the human organ shortage. Dr. Matheu is an expert in laser-based imaging of the immune system and developed Prellis’ platform technology. She brings her multi-disciplinary experience in specialized laser microscopy, cell biology, physiology, and biophysics to address the unsolved biomedical challenge of rapid 3D printing of large, vascularized tissues.
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About Prellis Biologics: Prellis employs holographic tissue printing technology with rapid fully human antibody discovery, in vitro human disease and ADME/Tox models
Christina Perla
Cofounder & CEO of Makelab
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About Makelab, Tangent Design Inc: Makelab enables you to create, iterate, and prototype faster. We’re your extended team for all your 3D printing needs.
David Ramahi
CEO President of Optomec
Dave is CEO, Optome. He joined the Company full time to lead its transition from initial technology development to commercial sales. More recently, he has overseen the expansion of the product portfolio to include Additive Manufacturing hardware and software solutions that are uniquely targeted at the Internet of Things space. Prior to Optomec, Mr. Ramahi was based in Belgium as the Director of European Sales for Rosetta Technologies. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Optomec: Optomec provides 3D printing solutions in electronics.
William Chang
CEO/Co-Founder of NEA 3D
Serial entrepreneur & company visionary William Chang is the CEO of NEA 3D. For the last 18 years William has creatively directed award winning show packaging and branding for ESPN, ABC, HBO, NFL, MLB, various Superbowl’s and the Olympics. He founded and catapulted Playfight VFX Inc. into a leading visual effects house within 2 years, worked on projects such as: Freddie Wong’s RocketJump, award winning web series Video Game High School, Activision’s Call of Duty short film, Operation Kingfish and Free the Frontier for Respawn Entertainment where he produced and directed a series of commercial trailers for their critically acclaimed video game, Titanfall. Excited by the recent surge in 3D Printing, William jumped at the opportunity of being able to take what he did in the digital 3D universe of visual effects and apply them in real life often using 3D printing to help conceptualize props for film and television.
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About NEA 3D: Built powerful, modular, compact & finely tuned.
Tom Walker
President & CEO of Rev1 Ventures
Tom Walker has been the Chief Executive Officer of TechColumbus, Inc. since May 2012. Tom Walker served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of i2E, Inc. until July 2012 and also served as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Tom Walker was responsible for the design and implementation of statewide and national programs and resources to assist advanced technology companies and entrepreneurs in business creation and access to early stage capital. Tom Walker served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at TechColumbus, Investment Arm. He has 15 years of experience building business opportunities in software, information technology, life sciences, alternative energy and the advanced materials industry sectors. He has a proven track record of coaching executive teams, as well as, raising and managing sources of early risk capital for emerging growth companies. As a Founding Member of i2E, Tom Walker was a Leader in the vision, design and implementation of i2E’s business units. He is responsible for the management of the Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center and the Technology Business Finance Program, which are OCAST programs funded with state appropriations, as well as, the Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition and Seed Step Angels. Tom Walker served as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Investment Forum for three years, where he managed the Southwest Capital Conference. He serves as an Advisor to the National Angel Capital Association, serves as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Tulsa and is a reviewer for the Kauffman Foundation’s eVenturing initiative. He served as an Editor and Publisher of the Future Value magazine. Tom Walker turned the financially failing organization around in one year and attracted in excess of $15 billion in venture capital from more than twenty states to the region. Prior to the formation of i2E, Tom Walker worked with Battelle Memorial Institute, where he managed the corporate business development for five national technology divisions of Battelle in the Oklahoma region. He was instrumental in the development of over $60 million in new technology development business, managed an advanced technology project portfolio that averaged $36 million over a six-year period and directly developed more than $15 million in scientific and engineering project sales. He is a frequent national and international speaker and advisor in the areas of building innovation and entrepreneurial infrastructures. Tom Walker serves on the Boards of National Angel Capital Educational Foundation, Leadership Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence. He served as Chairman of the 6th annual North American Angel Capital Summit and serves as Chairman of 7th annual Angel Capital Summit. He was recognized as one of the 2006 Oklahoma business leaders under the age of 40. Tom Walker holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master’s of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. He is a graduate of the 27th Annual Venture Capital Institute and the 4th Annual Venture Capital Institute Graduate Program. He is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma Class XVIII.
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About Rev1 Ventures: Rev1 Ventures is an investor startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate.
Faouzi Zerrouk
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Zecotek Photonics
Dr. Zerrouk is Chairman, President and CEO of Zecotek Photonics Inc. In 1989, he established the first foreign partnered, private, business oriented photonics research Lab in the Ex-Soviet Union (Novosibirsk, Siberia). He duplicated the same model in three prestigious research institutes in Moscow. Dr. Zerrouk acted as a technology transfer advisor, working closely with the Ministry of Science and Technology during the transition period to the Russian federation. He worked on Research and Development strategies for the new economy with prominent members of the Russian Academy of Science and coordinated many government projects in joint relations between Russia and countries like China, Germany, USA, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Zerrouk was Chairman and CEO of various companies in Europe and Asia. Dr. Zerrouk is a Canadian citizen. He received his PhD in Theoretical Physics, in 1987 from the University of Sussex, England. Through 1987–1993, he held research and faculty positions at various centers. Amongst them, the Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, England, (Atomic & Laser physics); Siberian Academy of Sciences (TOKAMAK and Laser fusion research); the Institute of Thermal Processes, Moscow (high-power gas dynamic lasers). At the Institute of General Physics, Moscow, Dr. Zerrouk worked with the group of the Nobel Laureate Academician Prokhorov where he co-developed RGB and UV micro-chipset lasers with large market applications. He also established commercially driven private R&D labs based in Russia, in the fields of crystals & lasers, holographic, 3D displays, new materials, nanostructures, optical networks and communication subsystems. Dr. Zerrouk is the principal founder of Zecotek Holdings technologies. He served as the Executive Chairman, President and CEO since inception.
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About Zecotek Photonics: Zecotek Photonics is a photonics company developing high-performance crystals, photo detectors, and 3D display and printing technologies.
Andre Wegner
Founder & CEO of Authentise
Andre Wegner is founder and CEO of Authentise. Andre is a frequent speaker on emerging intellectual property issues in 3D Printing and opportunities of distributed manufacturing at events such as Singularity University, Rapid, Designer of Things, Inside 3D Printing, 3D Print Show, Pacific Crest & WIRED. He has been quoted in publications such as BBC News, MIT Tech Review, Chicago Tribune, and Bloomberg. He is an expert in greenfield value chain creation, leading the development of a $300m low income gas distribution business for West Africa’s leading Oil and Gas company. Prior to founding Authentise Andre also managed a venture capital fund in Nigeria and advisory services in India. Andre is a graduate of St. Andrews University (M.A. – UK), ESSEC (M.Sc. – France) and Singularity University (California).
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About Authentise, Singularity University: Process Automation Software for Additive Manufacturing
Mike Moceri
Founder & CEO of MakerOS
The 2015 “Face of 3D Printing” by D-Business magazine. Mike studied entrepreneurship and interactive media at DePaul University from 2010-2013. He entered the 3D printing industry during his sophomore year in 2011 when he built his first machine and interned with MakerBot. Mike became an influential member of the DIY 3D printing community online and in Chicago with many of his projects such as establishing a standardized process from 3D scanning to printing and being featured in world renowned exhibitions including the Inside 3D Printing Conference in Chicago and New York. He later co-founded the world’s first 3D printing retail and service bureau hybrid in April 2013 in downtown Chicago (3DPX). In early 2014, he moved back to Detroit to start Manulith and MakerOS. Within one year, he grew Manulith into being the premier 3D printing service provider in Detroit with MakerOS as its backbone. Mike’s mission is now to implement MakerOS to become the standard system in which advanced manufacturers operate so that they may benefit the same as Manulith has. Mike has been featured in national and international publications such as MSN, Make Magazine, Central Chinese Television Network, CBS, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Recently, Mike was named the 2015 “Face of 3D Printing” by D-Business magazine.
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About MakerOS, Manulith: MakerOS is an all-in-one collaboration platform for 3D printing businesses to improve workflows with their clients and get projects done.
Gregory LaLonde
CEO of Polar 3D
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About Polar 3D: An end-to-end Cloud platform solution for your 3D Printers.
Nadav Goshen
President and CEO of MakerBot
Nadav Goshen is the Chief Executive Officer of MakerBot, oversees MakerBot’s corporate direction and strategy for global operations, including sales, marketing, technology, and products. Goshen has over 15 years of experience leading turnarounds at tech companies, and his expertise lies in defining new products and business models, as well as growing digital ecosystems. Prior to joining MakerBot, Goshen led private equity investments and served in various C-level roles at tech companies in Israel. Nadav’s experience comprises a unique mixture of profound customer understanding and overpowering technological talent. Added with proven expertise in brand and marketing management for both B2C and B2B. This unique blend enables him to drift easily between business, marketing, and technology to successfully manage companies in the ever-evolving technology business environment. Nadav is an angel investor in different startups. He currently serves as an advisor and board member for various fast growing companies in Israel and abroad. Nadav studied Cinema and Television at Tel Aviv University. He likes to swim, photograph and build electronic embedded music gadgets.
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About MakerBot: MakerBot Industries creates open source 3D printers.
Grace Choi
Founder & CEO of Mink
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About Mink: Mink is a company that manufactures 3D printers capable of printing beauty makeup.
Gregory Kress
Chief Executive Officer of Shapeways
Gregory currently works as CEO at Shapeways.
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About Shapeways: Shapeways offers 3D technology solutions to enable the automation, innovation, and digitization of product development.
Michael Golway
President and CEO of Advanced Solutions Life Sciences
American entrepreneur, engineer and inventor. In November 2000, at the age of 31, Michael acquired his first technology company, IDS Engineering. The company had 2 employees with a focused business model of workflow consulting services. Today he is President & CEO of Advanced Solutions, Inc., which is a privately held company he acquired in November 2004, and parent company to an aggregate of technology businesses, including IDS Engineering. Michael’s passion is building and acquiring great technology companies, while growing market share through value innovation. He is the lead inventor for the integrated solution of BioAssemblyBot® and TSIM™, a 6‐Axis Robotic 3D Printing System for Human Tissue Structures. Michael has over two decades of experience leading multi-disciplined engineering, consulting and technology firms.
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About Advanced Solutions Life Sciences: Advanced Solutions Life Sciences provides solutions for living organisms, molecular biology, and biotechnology.
Jordan Schindler
Founder & CEO of Nufabrx
I founded texdel (formerly Nufabrx) in 2011 after a trip to the dermatologist where I learned that pillowcases are one of the leading causes of acne/blemishes, and we are supposed to wash our pillowcases every 2 to 3 days. For teens and college students, this is not going to happen! So off I went to find a solution. After years of R&D, fine tuning and teaming up with a brilliant PhD formulation scientist from Minneapolis, we developed four patent-pending “platform” technologies that enable the secure and controlled delivery of “Active” ingredients via yarn to the skin over an extended period of time, and through hundreds of laundering cycles. Textile yarns can now be enhanced to provide the wearer performance improving, healing, and aesthetic capabilities. Textile-Based Delivery is proud to partner with one of the most innovative and proven yarn manufacturers in America. Together we have developed the processes to rapidly and reliably produce Active-enabled yarn for use by your preferred manufacturers.
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About EO Charlotte, Nufabrx, Textile-Based Delivery: Nufabrx manufactures pillowcases designed to actively fight blemishes while its users are asleep.
Alexa Fleischman
CEO and Co-founder of Savvy Society
Currently transforming the shopping experience with 3D visuals, with experience in enterprise technology and retail as founder of custom shoe company Savvy Society and previous roles spanning product and sales at EMC & Box.
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About Savvy Society, Strypes: Girls fashion brand that enables girls to design and wear custom shoes using 3D printing.
Jing Zhang
CEO of ZSFab
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About ZSFab: ZSFab dedicates to provide modeling optimization and 3D printing of patient specific surgical guide & biocompatible.
Chip Royce
CEO & Co-Founder of Fusion3
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About Flywheel Advisors, Inc., Fusion3, Techstars: Manufacturer of affordable, high performance 3D printers for commercial and education use.
Katelyn Padgett
Founder & CEO of Fusion3
Founder & CTO of Fusion3.
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About Fusion3: Manufacturer of affordable, high performance 3D printers for commercial and education use.
Alexander Wong
CEO & Founder of Alexander Wong, Inc.
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About Alexander Wong, Inc.: The premier designer and manufacturer of high-end, luxury wearables and electronics.
Alan Morgan
CEO and President of Innovaum
Alan Morgan is originally from Louisiana. Alan has 14 years of engineering experience. As a former aerospace engineer, he served as the Engineer Site Supervisor for a US Army contract company. After many years working for other people, he decided to take the leap into creating his own company. He has three children, two girls and one boy. Alan enjoys spending his time on his ranch, hunting, and spending time with his family. He works hard to make people’s dreams become a reality, for Innovaum’s clients, as well as his employees.
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About Innovaum: Innovaum offers 3-D printing services, product design, sale and distribution services, prototype and design to market.
Doug Farber
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Orange Maker
Doug Farber is a technology entrepreneur, and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Orange Maker, a 3D printing technology company developing a unique method for forming 3D objects, Heliolithography.
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About Orange Maker: Orange Maker is a 3D printing technology company that develops solutions for advanced 3D printing systems and creates software programs.
Constantine Ivanov
Co-founder & CEO of DigiFabster
Constantine is an experienced entrepreneur with strong vision and execution skills. Since 2009, he has been involved in start-ups and rapidly growing companies, as a co-founder and business/product leader. He founded DigiFabster in 2015 to offer a cloud-based productivity solution for digital manufacturing. Having a strong team of 40+ years of combined product and business development experience gives us the opportunity to become a leading worldwide software vendor on the $100B B2B market within the next 5 years. Company based in Pasadena, CA.
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About 3DPrintus, DigiFabster: Sales Quotes Automation Solution for Custom Manufacturing
Andrew Rush
CEO, President of Made In Space
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About Made In Space: Made In Space is the space-based manufacturing company that develops the 3D printers on board the International Space Station.
Ian Yang
CEO of Gantri
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About Gantri: Creative platform for design products.
Jerry Ropelato
CEO and Founder of WhiteClouds
Jerry founded WhiteClouds in 2013 and serves as Chief Executive Officer bringing over 30 years of Internet Media, Technology Product Development, and Manufacturing experience.
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About TopTenREVIEWS, WhiteClouds: 3DCloud – Software for 3D Printing in mass markets
Riley Knox
Co-Founder & CEO of Accelerate3D
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About Accelerate3D: Accelerate3D manufacture 3D printers for plastic products or components 10x faster than the market standard.
Drew Taylor
Co-Founder, CEO of AstroPrint
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About 3DaGoGo, AstroPrint: AstroPrint operates as a cloud platform for Additive Manufacturing.
Brian Park
Co-Founder and CEO of Trove
Brian Park is a co-founder and the chief executive officer of [Trove](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/trove-4#/entity). Prior to that, he was a product manager at [Zynga](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zynga#/entity). Park holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the [University of Pennsylvania](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-pennsylvania#/entity). He lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Trove: Trove allows users to customize, try on, and buy 3D-printed jewelry.
Ted Sorom
Co-Founder and CEO of Mantle
Ted Sorom is CEO & Co-founder at NanoCore.
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About Mantle: Mantle is metal 3D printing company that has developed technology for precision metal components such as tooling.
Jeri Ellsworth
CEO of Tilt Five
Jeri Ellsworth is best known for creating C64 Direct-to-TV, the Commodore 64 emulator joystick. On a single computer chip, the C64DTV runs thirty 1980s video games and was exceedingly popular during the 2004 Christmas season. At peak, the C64DTV sold over 70,000 units in a single day.
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About Tilt Five: Tilt Five is a Holographic Tabletop Gaming Company.
John Dogru
CEO / Chief Architect of 3DPrinterOS
Co-Founder of 3DPrinterOS
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About 3DPrinterOS, Secured 3d: 3DPrinterOS is the world’s first operating system for 3D printers.
John Ewell
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President of Prism Engineering
John Ewell is a Co-Founder of Prism Engineering, Inc. As CEO & President, John is responsible for overseeing daily company operations. In addition, he chairs Prism’s leadership team working directly with the managers of sales, financial, technical services and marketing. John is proud to have guided Prism from a small startup in 1991 to a team of over 50 employees today including 6 regional offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. John holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Temple University as well as a Master of Science Degree in Human Resource Development from Villanova University.
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About Prism Engineering: Prism Engineering is a value-added reseller of computer aided design (CAD) software.
Amolak Badesha
CEO of Orbital Composites
Strategic Account Manager at Broadcom.
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About Orbital Composites, Sand Hill Angels: Orbital Composites specializes in the fields of 3D printing, Composites, robotics automation, and carbon fiber.
Raymond Weitekamp
Founder & CEO of polySpectra
Raymond Weitekamp is the founder and CEO of polySpectra.
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About polySpectra: PolySpectra is an advanced materials company that transforms 3D printing from a prototyping aid into a production manufacturing tool.
Hasnain Khimji
CEO & Founder of Suisse Forme
Hasnain is an entrepreneur at heart. Focused on executing, metrics orientated passionate and optimistic individual. Founded suisseforme on the sole principle to disrupt the way dental aligners are brought to end customers.
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About Suisse Forme: Med-tech company primarily focused on manufacturing dental aligners
Matthew Petros
Co-founder & CEO & President of 3DEO
I co-founded 3DEO to help companies launch better products, faster – and Reimagine Manufacturing® with 3D printing.
Traditional manufacturing comes with design limitations, high up-front costs, unexpected risks and long lead times, pain points that can be solved by additive manufacturing. But the reality is that the actual 3D printing is just one small piece of the puzzle. To move beyond delivering prototype parts to full end-to-end parts production, we must include innovations across the entire production system–printing, robotics, augmented reality, advanced data systems, and a platform that manages from design through to finished product. That’s why we created 3DEO’s Manufacturing Cloud™.
This tightly integrated system is stitched together by software that collects real-time image data from machines, programs the robotics, manages AI integrations, and creates closed loop feedback to enable automation at scale. With the Manufacturing Cloud™, we aim to give product innovators superpowers to launch physical products at the speed of software.
I first started my work in the field of advanced manufacturing technologies and additive manufacturing while pursuing my PhD at University of Southern California. During the course of my doctoral studies, I co-invented and designed numerous metal additive manufacturing, including binder jetting processes, and worked hand-in-hand with various Fortune 500 companies to help develop high-impact 3D printing solutions using the latest technologies. It was this doctoral work that reinforced my suspicion that the majority of industries were not able to transition metal 3D printing to end-use applications. And so came the inspiration for 3DEO – established in an effort to empower our industrial partners through opportunistic technology transitions.
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About 3DEO: 3DEO makes production metal components with metal 3D printers and supplies low-cost parts directly to customers.
Jan-Michael Tressler
Founder & CEO of Trnio
Founder of Trnio.
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About Trnio: Trnio is a mobile application that enables its users to use their mobile devices to perform 3D scanning.
Nels Long
Founder/CEO of Second Studio
Nels is fascinated by the relationship between architecture and the virtual environment. This fascination has driven him to develop projects and applications with the intent of understanding specific aspects of this relationship, such as physical objects that contain virtual information, virtual spaces designed to mitigate psychological conditions, and introducing game logic and play into contemporary design workflows. Nels has been a member of the discussion surrounding virtual reality and architecture since before the first developer kits began arriving in 2009. Since then he is credited with introducing virtual reality to SCI-Arc where he developed a workflow that focuses heavily on simulation, big data and play. Using these insights Nels has placed in several international design challenges including Tex-Fab “Plasticity” which looked at the use of realtime fabric modeling and composites in architecture.
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About Rotolab, Second Studio: Second Studio is an advanced enterprise design platform that combines robust design tools in a virtual reality environment.
Ivka Adam
Founder & CEO of Iconery
Founder & CEO at Iconery
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About Iconery: Iconery is the leading fine jewelry design, manufacturing, and logistics company serving brands and influencers around the world.
Sandra Madrigal
CEO of ProtoCafe
With a BA in Psychology and an MA in Human Computer Interaction from Stanford University, the 3D printing industry might not have seemed the perfect fit for Sandra. However, while working at Sun Microsystems in its Industrial Design/Human Factors Group she realized the massive inefficiencies in the design and product development processes and decided to solve this problem. With over 10 years of experience in this field, Sandra has advised countless clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies on finding the proper solutions to their complex design problems. You could say she single-handedly built the 3D printing market of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About ProtoCafe: ProtoCafe is an industry leader in the bay area for design, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing services.
Anton Woolf
CEO of The Argen Corporation
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About The Argen Corporation: The Argen Corporation is a dental company focused on zirconia manufacturing and digital dentistry solutions.
Uzi Halevy
CEO of The Litwin Engineering Group
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About The Litwin Engineering Group: The Litwin Engineering Group
Aaron Breuer
CEO of SelfCAD
Aaron Breuer is the founder and CEO of SelfCAD.
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About SelfCAD: SelfCAD is a browser based 3D modeling software all under one program includes modeling, sculpting and printing features.
Daniel Fernback
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JuggerBot 3D
Daniel will lead business development and strategic alignment for Juggerbot 3D. He was a founding Ambassador to Additive Manufacturing at Youngstown State University and has first-hand experience developing and implementing operational improvements to corporate management in his current role at a Fortune 200 tier-one automotive supplier. Daniel holds a degree in industrial and systems engineering from YSU.
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About JuggerBot 3D: JuggerBot is a technology development firm introducing a line of engineering-grade 3D printers that are both easy-to-use and versatile.
Robert IV Boyd
Founder & CEO of Branch Technology
Robert Boyd, IV is a Founder & CEO at Branch Technology.
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About Branch Technology: Branch Technology combines novel 3D printing technology, conventional construction materials, & large-scale robotics.
Ben Wynne
Co-Founder and CEO of Intrepid Automation
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About Intrepid Automation: Intrepid Automation, founded in 2017 is focused on solving big problems around next generation manufacturing platforms.
Ariel Briner
CEO of Cartesian Co
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About Cartesian Co: Cartesian Co makes the Argentum – the World’s First Desktop Electronics Printer
Keegan Kirkpatrick
Founder & CEO of RedWorks Construction Technologies Inc.
Keegan Kirkpatrick is a Founder and CEO at RedWorks Construction Technologies Inc. a startup creating 3D printers to make building materials as strong as stone using nothing but dirt. An aerospace engineer by training and trade, Keegan led RedWorks to the finals of the NASA Centennial Challenge, presenting a vision for building with just the dirt beneath your feet. Since then RedWorks has brought their technology to prototype and is working to bring product to market, using principles for building in Space to build better on Earth.
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About RedWorks Construction Technologies Inc.: RedWorks is creating construction 3D printers that can make stone building materials by sourcing dirt and sand found on-site.
Jim McCarley
Chief Executive Officer of ExOne
James L. McCarley became their Chief Executive Officer in August 2016. Mr. McCarley formerly served as Executive Vice President—Operations of RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE: RTI), a producer and global supplier of titanium mill products and a supplier of fabricated titanium and specialty metal components, from May 2010 until July 2015, when Alcoa Inc. acquired RTI by merger. Mr. McCarley also served in the same position during the transition period after the merger, through September 2015. During his time at RTI, Mr. McCarley was its highest ranking operating officer, overseeing daily operations, asset and cash management, talent recruitment/retention, customer care, and growth strategy deployment. Mr. McCarley had previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of General Vortex Energy, Inc., a private developer of engine and combustion technologies, from September 2009 to May 2010. From 1996 through 2009, Mr. McCarley held a variety of management positions within the forging segment of Precision Castparts Company, including Division President of Wyman Gordon Forging West from 2008 to 2009, and Vice President and General Manager of Wyman Gordon Forging, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. From 1987 to 1996, he gained engineering and other relevant experience working for various companies, including Quantum Chemical, Cameron Iron Works, and General Electric Company. Mr. McCarley received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1987.
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About ExOne: ExOne is a machine industry company specializing in metal and binder jet 3D printing technology.
Kent Rockwell
Chairman, Founder & CEO of ExOne
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About ExOne: ExOne is a machine industry company specializing in metal and binder jet 3D printing technology.
Joe Doucet
Founder x CEO of OTHR
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About OTHR: OTHR is using 3D Printing to revolutionize the way consumer products are conceived, manufactured and purchased.
John Edelman
CEO, Design Within Reach of OTHR
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About : OTHR is using 3D Printing to revolutionize the way consumer products are conceived, manufactured and purchased.
Marek Menger
CEO of Menger Valve, Inc.
Educated in Houston, Texas, Marek Menger was first team all-district football player at West Chester High School and a walk-on cornerback at Texas A&M University, where he studied business. Afterward, he embarked on a career in the world of industrial valves as a sales executive for Southwest Valve & Fitting. Marek Menger applied his industry knowledge to his own entrepreneurial venture two years later, founding Houston’s Petro-Valve. Under his direction for more than 35 years, Petro-Valve secured authorized stocking distribution partnerships with leading parts manufacturers and generated peak annual profits in excess of $50 million. Building upon his success with Petro-Valve, Mr. Menger established nationwide shipping company ASAP Freight Systems in 1987, serving a variety of industrial companies. Marek Menger founded Menger Valve, his second industrial valve business, in October 2017. Providing comprehensive, 24-hour customer service, this new company supplies major players in the oil/gas, power, petro-chemical, and refining sectors.
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About Menger Valve, Inc.: Distributor of Hard to Find Valves
Dr Peter Chen
President & CEO of Volk Flow Controls, Inc.
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About Volk Flow Controls, Inc.: Volk Flow Controls, Inc. is a valve manufacturer specializing in high temperature and high pressure operations.
Erik Gatenholm
Co-Founder & CEO of Cellink
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About BICO, Cellink: Cellink is a biotechnology company optimized bench-top bioprinter for the ultimate bioprinting of human tissues.
Vikram Devaraj
CEO of Structured Polymers
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About Structured Polymers: Structured Polymers is the world’s first colored ink manufacturer for industrial 3D printers.
Tana Stahn
CEO of Chesbro Music Company
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About Chesbro Music Company: A privately owned American manufacturer and wholesaler of musical instruments, musical instrument accessories and sheet music.
Robert Haleluk
CEO, Founder of Print Parts Inc.
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About Print Parts Inc.: From prototypes to end-use parts, we print high quality parts on-demand with competitive pricing.
Shon Anderson
CEO of B9Creations
CEO of B9Creations, LLC –
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About B9Creations: Digital Manufacturing Technology
Steve Chillscyzn
President and Chief Executive Officer of Evolve Additive Solutions
Co-Founder, President and CEO at Evolve Additive Solutions Co-Inventor of the STEP Additive Manufacturing Technology.
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About Evolve Additive Solutions: Evolve Additive Solutions is a unique additive manufacturing technology.
Jeffrey Max
Chairman & CEO of Agile Space Industries
Jeffrey Max is a Chairman and CEO at Agile Space Industries.
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About Agile Space Industries: Agile Space Industries is an aviation and aerospace that specializes in propulsion, test rockets, and space exploration.
Carolyn Blair
CEO of Cobbler Concierge
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About Cobbler Concierge: Luxury Shoe & Handbag Repair Delivered Directly To Your Door
John Carrington
Co-Founder & CEO of ZVerse, Inc.
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About ZVerse, Inc.: Digital manufacturing starts here.
Jan VanDuyn
CEO of CatPrint
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About CatPrint: Short Run Online Digital Printing Solutions for Everyone
Maurice S. Nelson
CEO of Earle M. Jorgensen
Maurice S. Nelson is CEO at Jorgensen Earle m de.
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About : EMJ’s a leading distributor of metal bar and tubular products.
Jerald Yun
Founder and CEO of Tytus3D
Jerald Yun is the founder and CEO of Tytus3D.
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About Tytus3D: Tytus3D is a 3D printing startup that develops metal 3D printer.
Marcel Matte
President and CEO of TriMech
Marcel Matte is the President and CEO at TriMech.
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About TriMech: TriMech provides sales, training, and support of SolidWorks 3D CAD, Engineering Simulation and Technical Publications software.
Alfred Charles Griffin
Founder & CEO of Lightforce Orthodontics
Alfred Charles Griffin is the Founder and CEO of Lightforce Orthodonics. Alfred Charles Griffin is a harvard-trained Orthodontist from a family of orthodontists and dentists.
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About Lightforce Orthodontics, Signature Orthodontics: The only fully customized 3D-printed bracket system based on the anatomy and tooth morphology of each patient.
Jeff Moe
CEO & Founder of Aleph Objects
Jeff has been working to advance free & open software, hardware, and culture for over 15 years.
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About Aleph Objects: Aleph Objects, the parent company of LulzBot, develops and manufactures a line of open desktop 3D printers.
Ted Acworth
Founder & CEO of Artaic
Dr. Ted Acworth is a modern champion of an ancient craft. As the founder of Artaic — an award-winning manufacturing and design company that utilizes American robotic production to modernize the creation of mosaics for use in residences, commercial properties, institutions, hospitality settings, and for public art installations — Acworth has spent his decades-long career advancing and commercializing innovative technology, as well as managing research and development for companies, universities, and governments spanning the globe. Since launching the brand in 2007, Acworth has worked with many household names around the world such as Harvard University, Walt Disney World, Dow Jones, Hilton Hotels + Resorts, and the Philadelphia International Airport. Acworth takes a hands-on approach to Artaic’s ever-expanding internal structure, overseeing Artaic’s Research and Development division, as well as the Software and Hardware Engineering and Production sectors of the business. He also works closely with teams across sales and distribution, ensuring the relationships he establishes on the front lines of industry events are reinforced by the expert customer service he guarantees on the trade show floor. In addition to Acworth’s dedication to the revitalization of the ancient art of mosaics, he and the Artaic team are actively involved in the local Boston community. For the last few years, Artaic has collaborated with Artists for Humanity (AFH) — a locally-based non-profit that uses art and design to bridge economic, racial, and social divides — to transform the original artworks of urban youth members into unique tile creations. Proceeds from the sale of each design in Artaic’s URBN collection provides support for the AFH program. Outside of his community outreach work with Artaic, Dr. Acworth has served on the Massachusetts Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Advisory Council, focusing on 5th-8th grade education. He was also a committee co-chair of the Massachusetts Governor’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, representing small innovative manufacturers in the state. Further, he is currently a member of the MassTLC Robotics Cluster Advisory Board, and was the founding chairman director of the non-profit Design Museum Boston. Prior to founding the company, Dr. Acworth led an esteemed career as an entrepreneur, educator, scientist, and engineer. Dr. Acworth holds an MBA in Management of Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan Fellow in Innovation and Global Leadership. Additionally, he holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.S. and B.S. from Columbia University.
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About Artaic, Insightfil: Artaic mass customization technologies, providing robotically assembled tile mosaics for the architecture and interior design industry.
