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Keri Wright – “Many are introducing carbon fiber into aerospace manufacturing, but not many have been successful in taking carbon fiber in aircraft and re-introducing it back to manufacturing”

September 19, 2018 by Nora Toure

Keri Wright is the CEO of Universal Asset Management (UAM), an aviation leader in disassembly, full recycling solutions, as well as component sales, warehousing and third-party logistics. UAM’s focus on innovation and mission to reimagine the aviation industry has led UAM to also be selected as a 2015 Inc. 5000 recipient and an Impact 50 recipient recognizing the top women-owned businesses from the prestigious Inc. 5000 list. Additionally, Memphis Business Journal selected UAM as a “Pacesetters” honoree, recognizing UAM as a top innovative […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aeronautic, aerospace, aircraft, carbon fiber, recylcing, USA

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Eliana Fu – “Additive Manufacturing is changing the way we want to think about manufacturing launch vehicles for space exploration and overturning the way we design parts, increasing the speed of iterative development and reducing waste”

September 12, 2018 by Nora Toure

Eliana Fu is the Senior Raw Materials Supply Chain Engineer at Relativity Space. If you are not familiar with Relativity Space, they are creating the rocket factory of the future, using additive manufacturing! Educated at Imperial College, University of London (Masters and PhD in Materials Science), Eliana also holds a Post Docs from Loughborough University (UK) and Clemson University (USA). Before joining Relativity Space, Eliana worked at Firth Rixson Rings (Rotherham, UK), TIMET (Henderson, NV) and SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA). Eliana, could you let us […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aerospace, metal, rocket, space, space exploration

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Melanie Lang – “By leveraging additive manufacturing, I realized we could eliminate some limitations I had learned over the years regarding design and materials, and that’s when I dove in and altered my path towards 3D printing”

September 5, 2018 by Nora Toure

Melanie Lang, Formalloy Co-Founder, and Managing Director is motivated by developing a disruptive technology that delivers the future we could have previously only imagined – geometrically complex components made from exotic materials at cost-effective prices with reasonable lead times. Her passion has manifested into making wave(length)s in metal additive manufacturing since co-founding Formalloy in 2016. Prior to Formalloy, Melanie spent over 15 years as an engineer and program manager in the Aerospace & Defense Industry. She holds a B.S. in […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aerospace, metal, san diego, USA

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Deirdre MacCormack – “The importance of prototyping to the product development cycle cannot be overstated, and 3D printing right now presents an invaluable tool for speeding the time to market. It is the foundational cornerstone of the AM industry”

August 29, 2018 by Nora Toure

Mcor Chief Marketing Officer, Deirdre MacCormack has gained transatlantic experience with companies such as Panavision New York, Golden Books Entertainment, Carlsberg, Vodafone and Cadburys in a variety of marketing roles. Deirdre brings a wealth of experience and a highly regarded reputation in marketing including social marketing, public relations, website marketing, content, events, sales enablement and lead generation. Deirdre has been CMO since 2006 and has successfully launched three flagship products and brought Mcor to success in several business/marketing awards. Deirdre herself […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Ireland, MCor

Magalie Steinmetz & Pascale Chabal – “Entrepreneurship allowed me to reveal myself in different fields, like commercial and leadership” – “I’m a creative woman and 3D printing offer lots of creative project”

August 22, 2018 by Nathalie Maillol

On one hand, Magalie Steinmetz worked for 10 years in a rail transport company as project leader. During a few breaks in her professional activity, she met a 3D printing enthusiastic partner. As she likes the entrepreneurship and creative activities, she decided to set up a workshop. On the other hand, Pascale Chabal, comes from computing field. She was giving computer courses when she began to have an interest in 3D printing. What was a passion, became her professional activity. […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: fablab, FDM, laser cutting

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Chloe Kow – “Due to this learning curve, we haven’t seen the true untapped potential of metal 3D printing just yet”

August 15, 2018 by Nora Toure

Chloe Kow has 10 years of industry experience including more than 5 years specializing in additive manufacturing and metallurgical research related to aerospace and transportation applications. In her role as DMLM Manager at Star Rapid, Chloe brings a wealth of expertise to every project, ensuring the integrity of the design and build process to maximize the benefits of additive manufacturing for the most demanding applications in aerospace, automotive, medical and more. Chloe received both a bachelor’s degree with honors in materials […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: China, DMLM, metal, Renishaw, Star Rapid

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Melissa Ng – “I gave myself a time limit of three months to learn how to 3D model and 3D print something and whether or not it was worth pursuing”

August 8, 2018 by Nora Toure

Melissa Ng makes intricate Dreamer Masks and fantasy wearable art for ambitious creatives who want to take people’s breath away. With a love for blending new and old processes and a knack for fantastical elegance, she creates all kinds of fine complexities. As a New York-based self-taught artist who started 3D printing in 2014, combined with a background in media and public relations, plus her experience as an owner of two other small businesses, she has an unconventional approach when it comes […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: armor, artist, dream, fantasy, New York, USA

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Sarah Boisvert – “It is much easier now to work in digital fabrication technology than it was 30 years ago. At least now there ARE other women in additive!”

August 1, 2018 by Nora Toure

Sarah Boisvert is the founder of the Fab Lab Hub, an MIT-based Fab Lab Network non-profit. Fab Lab Hub helps start new maker spaces, conducts workforce and entrepreneurship training in digital fabrication, and organizes the annual DigiFabCon. Additionally, Sarah co-founded the commercial division and is the current Chief 3D Printing Officer of Potomac Photonics, Inc. With over 30 years experience in the design, development, and commercialization of high technology products utilizing Digital Fabrication, Sarah has a lot of knowledge to share! You can read about it […]

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Dominique Mueller – “3D printing today is a very powerful tool but using it in the right way is still difficult”

July 25, 2018 by Nora Toure

Dominique Mueller is a Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk with a focus on large-scale additive manufacturing applications. She is based in Germany and works hand in hand with the development team of Autodesk Netfabb to constantly improve the software. Dominique, could you let us know about your background and what brought you to 3D printing in the first place? I studied Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Bayreuth and already focused on additive manufacturing for industrial applications during […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: architecture, Autodesk, Germany, manufacturing, software

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Kim Thoman – “Many artists running art departments stick with their own medium and don’t branch out. For the students to learn new technologies, outside support is needed”

July 18, 2018 by Nora Toure

Kim Thoman has been painting and exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally for more than 35 years. She was a recipient of a grant at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, New Mexico, and other awards include the Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Change Grant. Selected solo exhibitions include: The Hardin Cultural Center for the Arts, Gadsden, AL, Godard Center for the Arts, Ardmore, OK, The Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA, The […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: artist, Bay Area, fine art, painting, sculpture, USA

Malika Khodja – “it is important to show local manufacturing industry the advantages of metal 3D printing and where it can be used to give them a competitive advantage”

July 11, 2018 by Nora Toure

Malika Khodja is the business development engineer at Metal Heart, the 1st and so far only commercial metal 3D printing company in South Africa. In parallel to her work at Metal Heart, she is finishing her PhD in Mechanics of Materials. She was awarded a grant from the Algerian government (MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH) as part of the Exceptional National Programme (RESIDENTIAL FOREIGN TRAINING PROGRAM 2015-2016 (National Exceptional Program-PNE). During her stay in South Africa thus far, Malika has […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: africa, Algeria, DMLS, SLM Solutions, South Africa, tooling

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Linda Pouliot – “I would love to see advances in the speed and durability of the products printed”

June 27, 2018 by Nora Toure

Linda Pouliot is a serial entrepreneur specializing in robotics, based in Silicon Valley. In 2004, she co-founded Neato Robotics (acquired) with the idea that robots can perform household chores as effectively as humans. Neato’s award-winning vacuums sell at big-box retailers throughout the world, making Neato the number-two consumer robotic vacuum company globally. At Neato, Linda Pouliot was Vice President of Product Management and Operations, where, in addition to product management and operations, she oversaw hiring and manufacturing. Linda Pouliot also […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, Adiri, Neato Robotics, robotics

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Laurence Berthoud-Lafarge – “Manufacturing will have to adapt to technical changes, pollution problems related to transport, waste caused by overproduction”

June 20, 2018 by Nathalie Maillol

Laurence is the founder of a fablab and “La Fab”, a 3D Printing service company. She is also the chief delegate of the incubator Les Premières. All these activities are based around Dijon, in the Bourgogne Franche Comté, in the east of France. In 2012, she was the first to talk about 3D printing in the area. Laurence also does a lot to support and encourage women to work in the 3D printing field. Laurence, you are involved in several […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, Bourgogne, business developer, fablab, France, service bureau

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Laura Gilmour – “It’s now an industry I’m passionate about because of the promise it has for improving medicine and medical devices for years to come”

June 6, 2018 by Nora Toure

As the Global Medical Business Development Manager of EOS North America, Laura Gilmour oversees more than 20 medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers using EOS technology around the world. She joined EOS in 2016 after working with the company as a customer during her 15 years as a biomedical research and development engineer. Previously, Laura was a senior research engineer at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics where she and a team of engineers developed an advanced porous structure now used in […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: EOS, industrial, medical device, orthopedic, production, prosthetics

Greta D’Angelo – “It was really fun and inspiring spending whole days in the lab, getting our hands dirty and discovering new things every day”

May 30, 2018 by Nora Toure

Greta is a multidisciplinary engineer born and raised in Italy. In 2010 she moved to Denmark to continue her studies in design and shortly after she had her first encounter with a 3D printer. In the following years, she would the embark in countless academic 3D printing adventures that culminated in a PhD in additive manufacturing from the mechanical engineering department at the Technical University of Denmark in 2016. During that time she has collaborated with designers and with other […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: consulting, education, industry, Italy, Sweden

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Jennifer A. Prioleau – “I spend a good part of my time thinking about the potential legal uncertainties and risks 3D printing could present as well as mitigation strategies & ways to accelerate 3D printing”

May 23, 2018 by Nora Toure

Jennifer A. Prioleau is Division Counsel at HP Inc. for the 3D Printing business. In this capacity, Jennifer oversees general legal matters and is responsible for drafting, negotiating, and advising regarding a broad range of strategic complex commercial contracts involving hardware, software, technology and IP with suppliers, R&D partners, promotional partners, strategic partners, channel partners, OEMs and customers. Should you be a HP MultiJet Fusion customer, chances are that Jennifer was involved at some point in the negotiation! In […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 4th Industrial Revolution, HP, IP, legal

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Chantelle Sims – “Look! I’m 3D Printing men!”

May 16, 2018 by Celine Razat

Chantelle Sims came to engineering late in life, enrolling in Portland Community College’s Civil/Mechanical Engineering Technology (CMET) program as a 43 year old. She graduated in 2014 with High Honors, receiving her AAS in Mechanical Engineering Technology and started her career at NW Rapid Mfg, a small, woman-owned boutique Additive Manufacturing service bureau in McMinnville, Oregon. Experts in the manufacture of aerospace production parts for the UAS (drone) industry, NW Rapid Mfg is known for its success with laser sintering […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, service bureau

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Resha Agarwal – “3D printing has already broken the barriers of traditional ways of design. Similarly, we have to break the traditional belief that manufacturing is a man’s game”

May 9, 2018 by Celine Razat

Resha Agarwal is the Marketing Head at Imaginarium India Pvt Ltd. As such, she is responsible for marketing initiatives of the company, catering to a vast array of industries ranging from jewelry, medical, automotive to education. Resha, could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place? This may sound very cheesy, but it was love and marriage that got me into 3D printing! I was first introduced to 3D printing […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, India, Mumbai, service bureau

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