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3Degrees Discussions

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Dr. Mike Vasquez is a 3D Printing expert specializing in pushing the boundaries of advanced 3D printing technology. He is the Founder and CEO of 3Degrees, a Chicago-based consulting company focused on helping organizations maximize their investment in the technology. Over the past decade he has worked side-by-side with some of the top machine manufacturers, material producers and end users in the industry, consulting with them to identify novel applications, test new materials and develop frameworks to maximize R&D efficiency and boost ROI. Based on insights gleaned from the consulting, Mike has spun out two additional organizations. First, a software company called TraceAM with the mission to help manufacturers organize and analyze their 3D Printing digital data. In the last year, they have worked with customers such as Air Force Research Lab, Renishaw, Ohio State University and Fabrisonic. The second organization, AMx or Advanced Manufacturing Experience, was created by Mike to offer an on-ramp for new workers from disadvantaged regions looking to enter the field of Advanced Manufacturing. A voluntary effort designed to give back to the industry and community, the pilot course was run in the West Side of Chicago and with support from America Makes and West Side Forward. In 2022, AMx is hoping to secure funding to branch out to multiple cities and regions. He completed his PhD in Additive Manufacturing at Loughborough University and received both his Bachelors and Masters from MIT in Materials Science and Engineering. Mike is regularly asked to speak as an expert on the topic of 3D Printing and has given talks at SxSW, the National Association of Attorneys General annual meeting and numerous industry conferences. Mike is the host of 3Degrees Discussions, a weekly podcast where he speaks with the innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders in the 3D Printing industry. Currently the show has over 89 episodes including interviews from leaders at NASA, Ford and Boeing.
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3Degrees Discussions #32 - Annie Wang - Senvol

Annie Wang is the President of Senvol, a global leader in data for additive manufacturing. At Senvol, Annie has overseen the creation of Senvol ML, which is data-driven machine learning software for additive manufacturing. Annie’s area of focus is on analyzing the correlation among material properties, process parameters and feedstock properties. Annie is actively involved in activities across the additive manufacturing industry. She is Vice Chair for the SAE Data Management Committee, serves on...

Feb 20, 202139 min

3Degrees Discussions #31 - SK - Addiguru

SK is the founder of Adiguru. Adiguru is an artificial intelligence based real-time monitoring solution that aims to significantly improve the defect detection rate for additive manufacturing parts. He has significant experience in product management, strategic planning, product launches and working with cross-functional teams. He joins the show today to speak about in-situ monitoring for 3D Printing both the challenges and the opportunities. SK also brings his perspective on starting a business...

Feb 15, 202129 min

3Degrees Discussions #30 -Joel Neidig - Simba Chain

Joel Neidig is a serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience integrating manufacturing technology and developing software. He cofounded Atlas 3D which was a later acquired by Siemens after licensing technology developed in collaboration with America Makes, Johnson and Johnson, the University of Notre Dame, and ITAMCO. His most recent startup, Simba chain is brining blockchain technology to the manufacturing floor. Joel joins the show to talk about the data challenges around 3D Printing and a...

Feb 07, 202132 min

3Degrees Discussions #29 - Paul DeWys - Forerunner 3D Printing

Paul DeWys is a self-described sales guy trapped in the body of an engineer who ended up in marketing, hence, his role as a Sales Engineer. He works with companies and customers to help educate them about what is possible when you combine 3D laser scanning to capture a part, apply mechanical engineering expertise to modify it, and use additive manufacturing equipment to help prototype or produce end use parts. He does this through his companies DeWys Engineering and Forerunner 3D Printing. For t...

Jan 31, 202155 min

3DegreesDiscussions #28 - Tim Simpson - Penn St University

Tim Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing, Director of the world’s first Additive Manufacturing & Design Graduate Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) at Penn State. He specializes in Design for Additive Manufacturing, and he has helped educate and train nearly 800 industry practitioners to use and design for metal additive manufacturing. He contributes a monthly column ...

Jan 25, 202146 min

3Degrees Discussions #27 - SJ Jones Siemens Energy

SJ Jones is an Additive Manufacturing Application Engineer at Siemens Energy where she focuses on helping to bring metal additive manufacturing solutions the problem of climate change. SJ has a wide array of experience working in the metal 3D Printing first at a small company supporting the aerospace sector and she continued on there as the company was acquired by Aerojet Rocketdyne We talk today about her career in the AM industry and her approaches to evaluating technology that is changing at ...

Jan 13, 202134 min

3Degrees Discussions #26 - Adam Penna - All Digital Additive Manufacturing

Since 2015 Adam Penna from All Digital Additive Manufacturing has been focused on Additive Manufacturing consulting sales, marketing strategy, customer experience, and exploring technologies like Laser Powder Bed Fusion. He spent a number of years at EOS helping them build a regional brand, managing channel partners, and developing an inside sales team Adam now has a video podcast where he connects with people that pique his interest in and around 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing --- Conti...

Dec 30, 202035 min

3Degrees Discussions #25 - Greg Paulsen - Xometry

Greg Paulsen leads Xometry’s application engineering team. Xometry is an AI driven manufacturing as a service marketplace platform. Greg started his career running polymer laser sintering systems and now is responsible for a number of different printing technologies within Xometry’s portfolio. He joins the show to talk more about the company and his experiences being both a user and customer of 3D Printing along with being a supplier. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manypartsmade/ https://www.xometr...

Dec 29, 202040 min

3Degrees Discussions #24 - Juan Mario Gomez - CEO XactMetal

Juan Mario Gomez is the CEO of Xact Metal. Xact Metal is a startup out of Penn State University developing a lower cost direct metal additive manufacturing system. As opposed to traditional direct metal systems that can cost upwards of a million dollars, the Xact platform is a fraction of that cost with the aim to lower both the financial and risk burden typically required to invest in these types of technologies. Prior to running Xact Metal, Juan Mario was at GE for 15 years. He joins the show ...

Dec 14, 202037 min

3Degrees Discussions #23 - Simon Pun - Materials Leader Divergent3D

Simon Pun is a Materials Engineering leader at Divergent 3D. Divergent replaces conventional vehicle architecture, tooling and related factory assets with a proprietary, patented, end-to-end system for vehicle design and volume manufacturing. Their mission, enabled by additive manufacturing aims to produce significantly lighter, higher performance, safer, and lower cost vehicle structures. Simon joins the show to discuss how 3D Printing can revolutionize the automotive industry. https://www.dive...

Dec 10, 202030 min

3Degrees Discussions #22 - Alex Kingsbury - Additive Manufacturing Industry Fellow at RMIT

Alex Kingsbury's career in additive manufacturing (AM) spans both industry and R&D specializing in bringing new technologies to market. She has successfully co-created solutions and partnerships in the sectors of: aerospace, defense, biomedical, and resources. Alex is currently an Additive Manufacturing Industry Fellow at RMIT University working to enhance links between industry and the university. These links extend across research, and teaching and learning functions at the university. Pri...

Dec 02, 202037 min

3Degrees Discussions #21 - StephenAnderson - VP of Business Development Dyndrite

Stephen Anderson is the Vice President of Business Development at the Dyndrite Corporation. Dyndrite has built the world’s first GPU powered hybrid AM kernel, capable of reading native CAD. Previous to his role at Dyndrite, Stephen was the Additive Manufacturing Business Development Manager at Renishaw leading the 3D Metal printing business for the company in the USA. He joins the show today to talk about the evolution of software in the 3D Printing space and the growing need to have evolved sol...

Nov 16, 202036 min

3Degrees Discussions #20 - Maddie Frank - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Maddie Frank is about to complete her undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has been heavily involved in the 3D Printing industry during her time in school having spent time working at Carbon, Divergent 3D, GSC, and Women in 3D Printing. She joins the show to talk about her path to the Additive Manufacturing industry and chronicle her experience entering the sector as a soon to be college graduate. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mad...

Nov 12, 202032 min

3Degrees Discussions #19 - Michelle Bockman - 3DPrinterOS

Michelle Bockman is the CEO of 3D Printer OS. Previous to her current role, she was the General Manager and Global Head of 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing at HP. She has also worked at GE and has a background in mechanical engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla. She joins the show to compare and contrast her experience working in a large organization entering the 3D printing market versus a startup trying to build something from the ground up. https://www.3dprinteros.com/ https://ww...

Nov 01, 202028 min

3Degrees Discussions #18 - Al McGovern - Shure Inc.

Al McGovern has engineered products and built strong mechanical engineering teams in 6 different industries at 7 different companies in 6 states over the past 40 years. During that time, he’s used many subtractive and, since 1991, additive prototyping methods in both Research and in Development efforts. In additive, he’s used equipment from 3D Systems, Stratasys, EOS (metal), DTM, Z-Corp, Carbon, Markforged, Desktop Metal, Formlabs and HP. He is an advocate for early and frequent use of 3DP in p...

Oct 25, 202034 min

3Degrees Discussions #17 - Byron Kennedy - CEO/Co-Founder SPEE3D

Byron Kennedy is the cofounder and CEO of SPEE3D, a high-speed, metal 3D printing company. He is a serial entrepreneur, having cofounded the first spin-off company from Charles Darwin University before exiting to NYSE listed company Regal Beloit (Fasco). His current company, SPEE3D has developed a new 3D printing process for metals - supersonic 3D deposition (SP3D). Targeting commercial and industrial applications, the technology is suitable for a vast array of materials including copper, alumin...

Oct 18, 202035 min

3Degrees Discussions #16 - Tyler LeBrun, PhD - Protingent

Tyler LeBrun is an independent Additive Manufacturing consultant at Protingent. Prior to his current role, he spent several years in the aerospace sector at both Blue Origin and Aerojet Rocketdyne. Tyler is actively engaged in industry volunteerism with the drafting and review of standards pertaining to all aspects of additive manufacturing. He’s a committee member of ASTM and ISO. He’s also a Regular contributor to SAE Aerospace Materials Specifications including authoring and leading working g...

Oct 15, 202047 min

3DegreesDiscussions #15 - Laura Ely - Barnes Global Adivsors

Laura Ely is the leader of ADDvisor Services for the Barnes Global Advisors. Prior to this, she was responsible for the build out of a new team focused on the maturation of laser/wire deposition for Titanium aerostructures at GKN Aerospace. She joins the show to talk about her journey in the Additive Manufacturing industry and we focus on how to build diverse and highly functional teams within the space. https://www.barnesglobaladvisors.com/

Oct 04, 202032 min

3Degrees Discussions #14 - Nora Toure Fast Radius/Women in 3D Printing

Nora is the Director of Sales and Service Factory Operations at Fast Radius. She also founded the non-profit Women in 3D Printing in 2014 to promote women leaders in the additive manufacturing industry. In addition to managing the organization, which involves community engagement, partners & sponsors recruitment and overall technology watching, Nora leads a global team of over 80 volunteers, acting as local representatives of the organization’s brand. https://www.linkedin.com/in/noratoure/ h...

Sep 27, 202037 min

3Degrees Discussions #13 - Dr. Candice Majewski - University of Sheffield

Dr. Candice Majewski is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield, with a teaching and research focus on Additive Manufacturing. Much of her work centers around understanding and optimizing the interactions between materials and processes in AM involving powdered plastics. She joins the show today to talk about developments in powder-based polymer printing processes and the work her team does in developing new materials for industry. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/m...

Sep 20, 202041 min

3Degrees Discussions #12 - Tuan Tranpham - Arevo

Tuan Tranpham is the Chief Revenue officer at Arevo. Arevo is enabling manufacturing-as-a-service for delivering composite manufacturing today via through breakthroughs in software, robotics, and materials science. With on-demand manufacturing of large thermoplastic composite parts and structures from bikes to flying cars, Arevo is revolutionizing mainstream manufacturing and the global supply chain. Tuan has spent last 17 years working for seven 3D printing companies such as Z Corporation, 3D S...

Sep 13, 202037 min

3Degrees Discussions #11 - John Hart - MIT

John Hart is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies (APT), and Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at MIT. John’s research aims to accelerate the science and technology of production via advancements in additive manufacturing, nanostructured materials, and precision machine design. John created the world’s first massive open online course on manufacturing processes (MIT 2.008x on edX), and le...

Sep 08, 202031 min

3Degrees Discussions #10 - Todd Grimm - T.A. Grimm and Associates

Todd Grimm is 29-year veteran of the additive manufacturing industry. Todd is president of T. A. Grimm & Associates, an additive manufacturing consulting and communications company. From his work as a consultant, writer, author, speaker, editor and advisor, he was named as one of The TCT Magazine’s 20 most influential in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry and has been twice nominated for the TCT Hall of Fame. Todd joins the show to talk about how he got his start in 3D Printing and the...

Aug 30, 202049 min

3Degrees Discussions #9 - Greg Hayes - EOS Additive Minds

Greg Hayes is the Senior Vice President of Applications at EOS. Greg joins the show to discuss the world of production additive manufacturing from the perspective of an equipment manufacturer. We talk about his career in research and how he joined EOS to help build their consulting group Additive Minds. EOS - https://www.eos.info/en

Aug 22, 202043 min

3Degrees Discussions #8 - Shannon VanDeren - Layered Manufacturing and Conuslting

Shannon VanDeren is the owner and President of Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, a company she founded to serve as a technology and material agnostic voice in the 3D Printing industry. She joins the show today to discuss her entrepreneurial journey and the importance of listening to customers in the AM industry. For the past several years, Shannon has also run the Medical track for the Additive Manufacturing Users Group conference and she shares her thoughts on the influences of the technolo...

Aug 12, 202039 min

3Degrees Discussions #7 - Carl Dekker - Met-l-Flow

Carl Dekker is the President of Met-l-flo, a 3D Printing service bureau in Illinois. In addition to his day job, Carl is the President of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group. As one of the distinguished innovators in the industry, he shares his perspectives on the evolution of the technology and how standardization is playing a key role the progress of 3D Printing. Met-l-flo: https://www.metlflo.com/ AMUG - https://www.amug.com/

Aug 07, 202043 min

3Degrees Discussions #6 - Danny Levy

Danny Levy is an Advanced Manufacturing Technologist for a Stealth Startup. He has great insights on Design for Additive Manufacturing and we discuss some of his approaches to designing for the technology. He also shares his perspectives from inside the trenches of 3D Printing machine operation. You can follow his work on Instagram @technologically_woke

Jul 30, 202033 min

3Degrees Discussions #5 - John Barnes - Barnes Global Advisors

John Barnes is the Founder and Managing Director of the Barnes Group Advisors, a global Additive Manufacturing consultancy based in Pittsburgh. You can learn more about The Barnes Group Advisors here: https://www.thebarnes.group/ 2020 Summer Webinar Series https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3715942119827/WN_a8pS4130SO-Po9SV8fQdOw

Jul 26, 202047 min

3Degrees Discussions #4 - Addy Olubamiji - Cummins

Dr. Addy Olubamiji is an Advanced Manufacturing Technical Advisor at Cummins. She is also the founder of the STEMHub Foundation which is an organization she founded to help underrepresented youth pursue opportunities in STEM. Addy's TedTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXAoRkteSBg Cummins Additive Manufacturing https://www.cummins.com/news/2019/03/07/cummins-takes-next-step-3d-printing-and-future-manufacturing STEMHub Foundation https://stemhubfoundation.com/

Jul 22, 202042 min

3Degrees Discussions #3 - Bill Heise - 3Degrees

Bill Heise a professor at East Tennessee St University as well as Business and Marketing Consultant for 3Degrees. He joins the podcast to talk about building an Additive Manufacturing materials strategy within a large organization. https://www.etsu.edu/cbat/mgmtmkt/facstaff/heise.php http://www.3degreescompany.com/

Jul 18, 202029 min
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