Dallas, Texas - United States
IndustryFood
Bio
• Managed the team that shipped the world's 1st commercial 3D printer, yielding over $100 M revenue for 3D Systems • Invented and commercialized the 1st mass production 3D printing technology • Co-founded the 1st company to market and scale MIT’s breakthrough ‘3D Printing’ (binder jetting) technology, going from clean paper to shipping the 1st 3D printers to major customers in just 7 months • Developed a medical device business from scratch, leading to a $23 M investment by Versant Ventures and InterWest Partners, a $5 M NIH grant, and major customers • Invented growth-based (distally-assembled) robotics • Awarded ~75 U.S. utility patents, with others pending • Primary inventor of FEAM, a new multi-material 3D printing process for producing functional robot actuators and sensors; co-invented 3D printing processes for ultra-soft materials • Founded and edited the 1st periodical for the 3D printing industry • Developed one of the earliest B2B E-commerce platforms