I’ve been working in Additive Manufacturing since 1990 and have been concerned in all features of the trade: together with R&D, Gross sales, Area Service, Purposes Engineering, and Challenge Administration.

Steve Deak, Principal Engineer-Additive Manufacturing

Purposes and course of growth throughout a number of polymer and metallic additive manufacturing platforms. Thirty years of AM expertise, together with GE, Hasbro, and repair suppliers. Served 13 years for the Additive Manufacturing Customers Group (AMUG), together with 4 phrases as president.

Tyler LeBrun, Sandia Nationwide Laboratories, Additive Manufacturing Lead

Challenge supervisor for a various portfolio of R&D efforts on the largest nationwide laboratory in the USA.

Dr. Adrian Bowyer MBE

I’m the originator of the worldwide RepRap Challenge – a mission that has created humanity’s first normal function self-replicating manufacturing machine. It really works utilizing 3D printing and is broadly credited with beginning the low-cost 3D printer revolution. I’m additionally a founder and director of RepRap Ltd – an organization shaped to do analysis and growth in self-replicating open-source 3D Printing.

Nora Toure, Girls in 3D Printing, Founder

Nora based the non-profit Girls in 3D Printing (Wi3DP) in 2014 to advertise girls leaders within the additive manufacturing trade. After presiding over the group for 7 years and constructing a robust basis and staff, Nora is now performing because the Chairwoman of the Board.   Along with her gross sales & advertising and marketing abilities, Nora discovered from her varied positions and bought extra abilities for net design, running a blog, occasion administration, neighborhood engagement, and has turn out to be a longtime chief within the AM trade. Pursuing her imaginative and prescient for extra social inclusion, she joined 3D Africa as Board Advisor and sits at varied different Advisory Boards, similar to 3DHeals’, the Journal of 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, TCT Group’s, and De Anza’s Design and Manufacturing Applied sciences Division.

Christopher Prucha, Origin Founder, former CEO

Chris, initially from Michigan, co-founded Notion, a world workspace platform valued at $10 billion. He additionally launched Origin, which pioneered open additive manufacturing earlier than merging with trade chief Stratasys. An Apple alumnus, his Silicon Valley journey is marked by an unwavering dedication to innovation. Pushed by a imaginative and prescient of democratizing know-how, together with synthetic intelligence, Chris’s ventures and investments goal to make cutting-edge applied sciences accessible to all.

Stefanie Brickweded, Mobility/Medical goes Additive, Managing Director

As Managing Director, Stefanie Brickwede passionately arrange the worldwide main community “Mobility goes Additive”. In 2019 a 2nd department, “Medical goes Additive“ was launched. Since 2015, she has additionally headed the company mission 3D Printing at DB AG, accountable for the profitable introduction of AM all through the Group. After graduating as an economist on the TU Hanover, she began her profession within the mobility sector and has since held varied administration and mission administration positions at DB AG.

Kristin Mulherin, Hubbell, Director, Additive Manufacturing Expertise

Kristin is the Director of Additive Manufacturing Expertise at Hubbell, the place she leads the Middle of Excellence for AM, driving AM growth and adoption enterprise-wide. Kristin can also be President of Girls in 3D Printing, a world non-profit with over 100 native chapters inside 40 international locations. She is co-founder of ImplementAM, a sophisticated manufacturing workshop aimed toward increasing consciousness for these trying to seize the worth of additive manufacturing. Her AM profession spans the whole ecosystem, having labored in a full-time or consulting capability with machine OEMs, contract producers, software program suppliers, supplies suppliers, and end-users. Kristin acquired her M.S. in Supplies Science & Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from the College of Southern California (USC).

Howard Marotto, EWI, Additive Manufacturing Enterprise Director

Howard “Howie” Marotto, is at present the Additive Manufacturing Enterprise Director for EWI and targeted on increasing the Additive Manufacturing staff and portfolio for the Federal Authorities and business sectors. He’s additionally a Colonel within the Marine Corps Reserves, and the Deputy of Reserve Affairs accountable for all coverage and procedures for the almost 100,000 Marines within the Marine Corps Reserve. 

Prior to those roles, he was the Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Lead for the Marine Corps and the Deputy Director of Headquarters, Marine Corps, Set up and Logistics Subsequent Technology Logistics (NexLog) staff from 2015 to 2018. Earlier than that, he attended the Dwight D. Eisenhower College for Nationwide Safety and Useful resource Technique, graduating in June 2015 with a Masters in Nationwide Useful resource Technique and commanded Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 (MALS-49). Throughout his profession as a Marine, he has deployed in assist of operations in Albania, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Col Marotto graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio Wesleyan College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Research and Geography, the place he performed varsity soccer and rugby.

Emily Fehrman Cory, Airship Consulting LLC, Founder & Principal Guide

Beginning her profession at AFRL, Emily was the chief know-how advisor for the America Makes Institute and a program supervisor in tech switch and commercialization, and co-lead for the Expertise Roadmap Advisory Committee. She went on to create the AFRL Maker Hub as the primary public-private makerspace for collaborative prototyping for the Air Power, to provide small companies a bodily area to co-create with AF researchers.  Emily was beforehand the School of Follow for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the College of Dayton College of Engineering, the place she created a enterprise incubation program that aided 11 pupil and faculty-led startups based mostly on student-invented applied sciences.  

Emily launched Airship Consulting LLC to observe her ardour for supporting and rising small know-how companies by means of collaboration with authorities and academia. She can also be an Government in Residence for the Entrepreneurs’ Middle, the place she mentors SBIR corporations by means of commercializing their applied sciences.

Sascha Wenzler, Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Vice President

Economics graduate and within the expo enterprise since 1996, joined Messe Frankfurt in 2008, Mesago Messe Frankfurt in 2015, and accountable for Formnext for the reason that starting of 2015.

Brandon Hart, HartSmart Merchandise, Proprietor & CEO

I’ve owned and operated HartSmart Merchandise, a 3D printing retailer positioned in Urbandale, Iowa, since 2015.

Evren Yasa, AMRC, College of Sheffield, Head of Additive Manufacturing

Dr. Evren Yasa at present leads the AM group and actions on the College of Sheffield, Superior Manufacturing Analysis Centre (AMRC). After graduating Mechanical Engineering on the Istanbul Technical College and finishing her grasp’s diploma on the College of British Columbia, she acquired her Ph.D. diploma together with her thesis on the ‘Mixed Technique of Selective Laser Melting and Selective Laser Erosion/Laser Re-melting’ on the Catholic College of Leuven, for which she was awarded the ‘Emerald Excellent Doctoral Research-Extremely counseled’ award. After her Ph.D. examine, she has gained industrial expertise as a senior engineer at TEI, a GE-joint enterprise firm specializing in manufacturing aero-engine components, the place she led AM amenities/initiatives. Later, she labored as an assistant professor in academia and, furthermore, she has been working as an unbiased professional in laser-based manufacturing on behalf of the European Fee since 2014.

David Hartmann, Helio Additive, CEO

David’s mission is to revolutionize 3D printing and unlocking its full potential. He outlined his imaginative and prescient of the way forward for manufacturing in his 
Sci-Fi novel Complexity is Free. Earlier than founding Helio Additive, David led a number of frontier know-how startups at Covestro as SVP of Progress Ventures.

Gregor Reischle, AM Entrepreneur, Director and Guide

Additive Manufacturing qualification and entrepreneurship Guide, EX TUV SUD, EX EOS.

Mark Burnham, Additive Manufacturing Coalition, Director of Coverage

Mark Burnham serves because the Director of Coverage for the Additive Manufacturing Coalition. He has greater than 25 years of expertise representing universities, associations and know-how targeted entities in Washington, D.C. Mark has served varied entities over time, together with Caltech, JPL, Fermilab, Oakland College, College of Michigan and Michigan State College the place he spent 11 years, ultimately serving as MSU’s Vice President for Authorities Affairs. Throughout his profession, Mark has labored with each federal science associated company. A few of the largest initiatives he has labored on embrace serving to get funding from Congress for 2 Mars Rovers, assisted with the institution of the IACMI facility in Detroit, and approval for, and state and federal funding of the Facility for Uncommon Isotope Beams (FRIB), a $730 million uncommon isotope accelerator which is able to begin full operations in mid-2022. Mark started his profession working for a member of the Home Appropriations Committee the place he served on her private employees because the liaison to the committee on NASA, NSF and Veterans Affairs appropriations. Mark holds a BA in Political Science from the College of Michigan and a JD from Boston Faculty Legislation College.

Filip Geerts, CECIMO, Director Basic

Filip Geerts, Director Basic of CECIMO, the European Affiliation of Manufacturing Applied sciences. CECIMO represents the pursuits of the sector within the fields of economic system, commerce and science in direction of the European Union and globally. Filip Geerts launched a method for supporting the event and dissemination of additive manufacturing (AM) within the European trade. CECIMO is monitoring tendencies in AM applied sciences, figuring out alternatives, discussing coverage and regulatory implications, and establishing a dialogue with EU policy-makers. Filip Geerts is knowledgeable in worldwide, EU and nationwide public and regulatory affairs. He’s specialised within the administration of company and governmental affairs departments of corporations, nationwide and EU commerce associations and non-profit organizations. He was deputy-director for the most important Belgian affiliation for the technological trade, public and regulatory affairs supervisor for IBM Europe, Center East and Africa and secretary normal for quite a few European commerce associations in e.g. the ICT, the electro-medical, lighting and environmental sector. He has levels from Insead Fontainebleau and Singapore, London College of Economics, Vlerick, Faculty.

Jon Beck, Scan the World, Founder

3D scanning specialist in cultural heritage, offering end-to-end digitisation of museum artefacts. Spokesperson for the OpenGLAM motion.

Nick Allen, 3DPRINTUK Restricted, CEO

Based 3DPRINTUK in a backyard shed in 2011 and constructed it as much as be one among, if not, the most important 3D printing companies within the UK. 3DPRINTUK produces round 3,500 components a day and has received a number of awards for engineering and enterprise together with 2021 Telegraph Firm of the yr, 2023 FT quickest rising 1000 and 2023 Exemplar particular person for the Producer. In 2023, we turned the primary firm to be licensed Carbon Impartial in our sector.

Stephan Beyer, nFrontier GmbH, Co-Founder & CFO

Combining years of expertise in finance, gross sales and know-how, Dr. Stephan Beyer in the present day works as serial entrepreneur and founder within the discipline of innovation and digital manufacturing. An entrepreneur at coronary heart, he was in his final function among the many founders of BigRep in 2014 and of nFrontier in 2020. A totally educated engineer, Stephan obtained a doctorate diploma in finance from the Technical College of Berlin.

Pia Kramer, DyeMansion, Director of Advertising and marketing, Model & Expertise

Pia has labored in Additive Manufacturing for over 7 years. She joined DyeMansion within the early startup days after her research and labored with BMW within the Worldwide Commercial and editorial work for Süddeutsche Zeitung and the net journal Vice. At DyeMansion Pia has constructed up the model & helped to form DyeMansion to what it’s in the present day. The worldwide chief in post-processing for industrial plastics 3D-printing enabling functions like eyewear, orthotics, prosthetics, automotive Interiors, helmets, bike saddles, basketballs & many extra. 1000 put in techniques in +35 international locations.

Clare Difazio, E3D, Head of Product Technique & Advertising and marketing

Clare has been working in a advertising and marketing and enterprise growth function in FDM printing since 2012 and has spent these 11+ years creating and nurturing key trade relationships together with an in-depth understanding of E3D’s product portfolio, market place, and future progress areas. Constructing on a place with a world chief in FDM supplies in 2012, Clare moved to hitch E3D in a advertising and marketing function three years later. With a deep data of the trade, Clare has helped to develop E3D from 4 full-time employees to >70 over an 8-year interval, with YoY common progress of 20%. In voluntary roles, Clare is the UK and Eire Space Supervisor for Wi3DP and Trustee for the Sanjay Mortimer Basis, whose major purpose is to nurture expertise and assist neurodiverse people inside 3D printing and engineering.

Neil Sewell, Strong Print3D, CEO

CEO of Strong Print & 3DVerkstan protecting 3D printing & Scanning for the UK, Eire & the Nordics

Shannon VanDeren, Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, President

Shannon has been an AM fanatic and evangelist, as she has navigated her profession in Additive Manufacturing. She creates influence by figuring out functions for innovation, ideation, price financial savings, throughput, and manufacturing efficiencies. She has constructed strategic partnerships and robust buyer relationships by the use of creating training, networking, and advising with an agnostic method to know-how options.

Bob Markley, Addman Engineering, Government Vice President

Mr. Robert Markley serves as Government Vice President for ADDMAN. Founding father of third Dimension Industrial 3D Printing in 2013, acquired by ADDMAN in 2021, Markley is an early adopter of metallic additive know-how and has a monitor recording of manufacturing 3D printed components for high-profile aerospace, racing, and client items industries. Markley is acknowledged as an Additive Manufacturing Consumer Group (AMUG) Distinguished Innovator and Operator (DINO) and has sat on the Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board.

Robert Higham, Additive Manufacturing Options Ltd., Founder & CEO

Robert Higham launched Additive Manufacturing Options Ltd. (AMS) in 2017. Robert is a Chartered Engineer with expertise throughout academia, motorsport, area, and aerospace. Robert was accountable for the qualification of supplies, processes, and components produced by additive manufacturing, most not too long ago for Airbus, earlier than creating AMS. 

AMS was designed to convey aerospace-grade qualification, validation, and operation functionality to all corners of trade and at its core goals to assist the industrialisation of additive manufacturing. To do that Robert is constructing a staff that makes use of his experiences to assist AM technique, validation, and coaching. Most not too long ago, AMS has launched an agile R&D service to convey data, functionality, and outputs of an aerospace-level R&D lab to any buyer. That is carried out by way of the AMS Associate Community to convey a breadth of functionality with no need a single giant entity.

Alex Hussain, 3DChimera, CEO

Alex is the Co-Founder & CEO at 3DChimera, a Florida-based firm specializing in 3D Printing, 3D Scanning & 3D CAD gear gross sales & companies.

Craig Monk, CRM CAD ltd/3D Print Monkey, Proprietor/Director

3D Print Monkey specialises within the provide of low price/prime quality SLA printers and consumables.

Matthias Schmidt-Lehr, AMPOWER, Managing Associate