Dr. Satish Lele is a Senior Vice President at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. He covers the Automation & Electronics, Chemicals, Materials & Food, and Manufacturing Process Consulting sectors. He has significant industry experience in the global MNC environment with expertise in Business Strategy, Manufacturing, Project Management, Process improvement and Implementation of Best Practices. Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan, Satish’s last role was Head of International Sales and Business Strategy. In Frost & Sullivan, Satish has helped to build its Industrial business across Energy, Environment and Aerospace & Defense sectors. In this capacity he has worked on significant projects and provided consulting to corporate and government agencies.

Satish is a thought leader in the area of industry and manufacturing. He is a sought after speaker at seminars and events on diverse subjects including emerging technologies, manufacturing and industry outlooks. He contributes to trade magazines, newspapers and media. He has been featured on BBC, CNBC and Channel News Asia. He has also provided various guest lectures for Engineering Colleges and Institutions.

Graduating in Mechanical Engineering at UMIST, he pursued his PhD specialising in laser materials processing. He started his research career at The Welding Institute (TWI) to hone his skills in laser welding and laser metal deposition, before furthering his career as Theme Leader in laser machining at SIMTech. Graduating with an MBA from the Nanyang Technological University, he progressed into managerial roles in project and technical management to deliver technology exploration to global clients across industry sectors. Gary has accumulated a broad technical portfolio in laser-based technology over 15 years, with additive manufacturing being the latest area of focus in his career at ARTC.

Disruptive Trans-functional Design, Development and Manufacturing Expert, with impressive niche experience and matching qualifications (B Tech, M tech (Tool design & manufacturing) & M. Des. (Interaction Design) IIT, Kanpur.

Twenty five years of rich experience with organizations like Philips, Tata Motors and Hero Honda (now Hero MotoCorp) in varied capacities delivering successful projects conceptualizing disruptive design, innovations, Designing, developing and validating Plastics and Metals products alike in the constant-changing automobile and white goods’ industries.

Specializes in Production technology for manufacturing. Involved deeply with Additive Manufacturing application, Rapid Tooling, Digital Manufacturing, Design for Additive Manufacturing and the Ecosystem of Additive Manufacturing and other emerging technologies like Morphological Optimization, Digitizing, 3D sculpting etc. Working extensively with 3D printing technologies and state of art machines i.e SLA, FDM, SLS.

Marc is an experienced international business leader, with over a decade’s experience in high-profile global strategy, business development sales and marketing roles at HP, Unilever and Samsung, backed up by an INSEAD MBA studied in Singapore and a Master degrees in both Law and Business.

Marc is HP’s first 3D Printing employee in Asia Pacific where he has led the development of this business in the region. He has worked in the evangelization of the technology through key note presentations in some of the main industry events, he has studied the Asia Pacific specific ecosystem by meeting key clients and he has developed the network of key partnerships that will help HP’s 3D Printing technology evolve the state of the technology on the path to the next Industrial Revolution.

Marc has a passion for the technological and business startup focus in Singapore.

David Garcia is Principal in A.T. Kearney’s Operations and Performance Transformation practice based in Singapore. David has over 15 years of consulting experience advising manufacturing companies on operations excellence topics including supply chain design and planning, manufacturing network structure and capability development. He has supported clients through long term cost and operations improvement transformations as well as greenfield plant start-ups.

David has worked extensively in the oilfield services, industrial manufacturing and agribusiness sectors in Southeast Asia and North America.

Prior to beginning his consulting career, David served as a naval officer based in Yokosuka, Japan.

Brent Stucker, Ph.D. is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of 3DSIM, LLC, a provider of physics-based simulation tools for the additive manufacturing industry. He has been a leading researcher in additive manufacturing for more than 20 years, with projects ranging from new materials development for biomedical implants and aerospace/defense structures to multi-scale modeling and control of additive manufacturing machines. He was a professor from 1997-2015, with various appointments at the University of Louisville, Utah State University, the University of Rhode Island and VTT Technical Research Center, Finland.

Brent led the establishment of the ASTM International Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies in 2008 and was the first Chairman from 2009-2014.  He was elected to the ASTM International Board of Directors in 2015.  His awards include: the 2016 International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence Award; the 2015 Additive World Conference Industrial Impact Award; the 2012 Industry Achievement Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the 2010 Robert J. Painter Memorial Award from ASTM and SES for his leadership in the area of international standards, and the SLS Dinosaur Award from the SLS Users Group (now known as the Additive Manufacturing Users Group) in 2005. Brent co-authored a textbook entitled Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing which is utilized by AM practitioners and educators around the world. He has numerous patents, has authored or co-authored more than 200 technical publications on AM, has presented more than 150 technical talks, sits on the organizing committees for major AM conferences world-wide and is part of the editorial board for multiple leading journals related to AM. Brent has worked with the National Science Foundation, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and others to develop research priorities and funding roadmaps for the AM industry.  Brent Stucker received his B.S. from the University of Idaho and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, both in Mechanical Engineering.

Ken Lip is formerly Head of Additive Manufacturing at Singapore Technologies Dynamics (part of ST Engineering). In this role, he oversaw various aspects of how 3D printing is integrated into the company’s manufacturing pipeline. He was active in multiple aspects of AM, ranging from lab-scale translation to design prototyping, high-complexity industrial production as well as testing and qualification processes. He previously held  management roles in  various Fortune 500 companies around the world and has an MBA from UCLA as well as engineering degrees from Northwestern University, USA.

Mr Kelvin Zin is the Head of Precision Engineering Group within Singapore Economic Development Board. In this capacity, he is responsible for the growth and development of new business opportunities of the Precision Engineering industry in Singapore, which accounts for about 14% of total manufacturing output and employs around 94,000 workers.

An engineer by training, Kelvin was in Semiconductor Industry prior to joining EDB, where he was involved in process design and development for the new generations of CMOS processors. He holds 7 international patents on various Semiconductor manufacturing processes & techniques.

Prior to his current position, Kelvin held leadership positions in New Business Group, and Future of Manufacturing Group within EDB that formulate strategies for new industries within Singapore, and develop technology and capabilities within Singapore’s manufacturing sector respectively.

John Lu is the Director of the Manufacturing & Engineering division at SPRING Singapore.  He has been involved in developing enterprises within the logistics, education, and manufacturing sectors. John has also held concurrent appointments within SPRING to help local SMEs to connect with foreign SMEs for technology and business collaborations. To create a conducive and competitive environment for SMEs to grow, he participates actively in industry development initiatives together with other stakeholders such as research institutions, institutes of higher learning and trade associations.

John joined the SPRING in 2005 after 6 years in the semiconductor industry. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Glasgow, UK and a Master of Science (Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management) from Oxford University.

David WONG is currently Head/Additive Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMiC) at Nanyang Polytechnic. Prior to this he was Deputy Director/Aerospace & Precision Engineering for the past 20 years leading the overall technology & programmes development and industry collaborations for this cluster at the School of Engineering.  As Head/AMiC, he steers the overall AM capability, infrastructure & training development, industry & technology collaboration strategies and operation of the Centre.  AMiC   was set-up jointly by Singapore Economic Development Board and Nanyang Polytechnic as an integral part of the national AM Development Ecosystem which aims to drive, grow and sustain AM industry adoption,  capabilities, fulfilment and also the technology transfer to our local industry users.

As an early mover and pioneer in AM adoption and implementation, David led the AM adoption, development and infusion to his polytechnic’s programmes and the engagement with the industry development since 20 years ago with the Rapid Prototyping Centre (RPC). RPC was re-purposed as AMiC 3 year ago to focus on core AM innovation & design optimization development. Over the past years, the Centre has undertaken more than 1000 industry projects for more than 100 companies in metal & plastic AM spanning from rapid prototyping, tooling, fixturing, and customization and re-designed for AM for a diverse spread of industry verticals in Singapore.

David received his Meister (Maschinenbau) from Meistershule Muenchen Germany, MSc (Mfg. Syst Engrg) from Cranfield University (UK) and MBA from NUS.

Simin leads Digital Manufacturing Technologies at UL, a global independent safety science company. Her work in 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing focuses on providing widely available training and education, simplifying and improving compliance of equipment and materials, and developing infrastructure to support quality and safety of 3D printed parts and products. Simin serves on the Governance Board of America Makes and the Advisory Board of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Rapid Prototyping (Additive Manufacturing) Center. Simin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude in Computer Engineering from University of Minnesota. Simin also has hands-on software engineering and product management experience from ADC Telecom, Tyco Healthcare, 3M and Intel. She is passionate about technology and innovation.

Matthew is a globally accomplished senior executive with over 20 years’ experience managing senior operational teams (incl. COO for Keppel Integrated Engineering) and top-level management consulting (incl. Associate Principal with McKinsey & Co). He specialises in leading and advising on large-scale EPC operations (most recently a US$1.1BN flagship EPC project in Qatar), leadership capability building, front line operations improvement and project controls including planning and risk management. He has worked extensively across Asia Pacific, Australia and Middle East with functional expertise in project management, EPC projects, planning, oil and gas and waste water EPC projects, large scale construction and shipping operations.

Sean Looi is the General Manager of Creatz3D Pte Ltd, the authorised distributor of Stratasys™ 3D printing systems and materials in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Creatz3D’s additive manufacturing solutions also includes Arcam™ for production of metal components as well as Materialise™ Rapid Prototyping Softwares.

Despite majoring in MSc Finance, Sean’s passion in 3D printing opened the door of opportunity of distributing 3D printing technologies in 2007. His knowledge in various manufacturing practices placed him in favourable position to advice on advanced solutions for direct digital manufacturing.

Sean’s accumulated technical experience with a variety of different 3D printing machines, technologies and applications, across all industry sectors, helped him to gain foresights into the macro economy of additive manufacturing potential.

In return, Sean has been actively helping companies various sectors think more critically, innovate better to improve workflow and is highly respected in the local Additive Manufacturing committee. With over 6 years of experience in the industry, Sean is a regular invited keynote speaker in various local institutions and events.

Frédéric Le Moullec is an experienced business development manager who joined the high-tech company BeAM, a world’s leading manufacturer of 3D printing machines using Laser Metal Deposition / Direct Energy Deposition. The French company BeAM is specialized in providing global industrial solutions to its customers with the highest level of qualification yet obtained in additive manufacturing. The LMD technology opens a wide new range of both manufacturing and repair processes for many industries like aerospace, defence, oil & gas, nuclear and railway. BeAM also offers its machines with a full transfer of know-how to advanced R&D centres that wish to become regionally leading LMD experts and to collaborate on new developments.

Frédéric Le Moullec holds a Master of Science in Multi-disciplinary Engineering of the French Engineering School Centrale Lille. He also holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He dedicates his experience to the international development of innovative SMEs: in his previous position, he contributed to the growth of the French engine manufacturer Price Induction in promoting the company’s compact turbofan engine for 4-5 seat Personal Light Jets and in selling a range of educational tools for universities and research centres.

Lavi Lev has 30 years of Business, R&D and operational management in the microprocessor chip design, electronic design automation software (EDA), test equipment, contract manufacturing, and 3d printing. Some of his achievements include the circuit design of the first Pentium microprocessor (Intel), the design of the first UltraSparc Microprocessor (Sun Microsystems) and the business responsibility for the $1B Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software of Cadence Design Systems. Mr. Lev has extensive Merger and Acquisition experience concluding 20 deals in Asia, Europe and the US totaling over $2B.

Mr. Lev Lavi is currently the Senior Vice President Asia Operations and works in, UCT’s Asia headquarters in Singapore. Prior to joining UCT he was President and CEO of Credence Systems.

Mr. Lev graduated from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and from the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music. He is the author of 15 patents and numerous papers covering semiconductor, internet, EDA software and consumer electronics technologies.

Jack Wu joined EOS GmbH in 2010 and helped setup the China branch and operation in 2013 and serve as the General Manager of EOS Electro Optical Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Prior to joining EOS, Jack had more than 10 years of sales, marketing, and product management experience at various US based multinational companies focused on delivering integrated factory automation solutions, including Computer Integrated Manufacturing  system (CIM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), automated material handling system, process control solutions for the High-Tech manufacturing industries, including Semiconductor, Flat Panel Display, LED and PV Solar industries. Jack has a Bachelor Degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Miles Podmore has an Electronic Engineering degree and 25 years experience in the IT and Healthcare industry.

He founded Eye-2-Eye Communications Pte Ltd in 1995 and has set up regional offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

He has given various lectures and seminars in both Europe and Asia Pacific and has consulted for various industry leaders in the field of mass storage, optical and Additive Manufacturing.  He is currently focused on helping vertical markets in Aerospace, Automotive, Medical & Dental, Jewellery, Tool and Die, Manufacturing, Service Bureaus and Education make use of Additive Manufacturing Technologies such as DMLS, SLS, CJP, DLP, SLA, FFD and Mulitjet to provide them with a competitive advantage.

Since May 2015, Ralf Frohwerk is in charge of the Global Business Development Team at SLM Solutions.

SLM Solutions, headquartered in Luebeck, Germany, is a leading provider of metal-based additive manufacturing technology, also commonly referred to as “metal 3D printing”.

Prior to joining SLM Solutions Ralf Frohwerk spend more than 25 years in the automotive industry at a Tier1 supplier for series parts as well at a machine provider for the tire industry.

Chee Teck Lee is the CEO of Moveon Technologies Pte. Ltd., a company dedicated to providing optics & optoelectronics solutions to a wide diversity of industries.

He received his MSc in Materials Engineering from Loughborough University, U.K. after graduating from Singapore Polytechnics with an Advanced Diploma in Polymer Science.

Mr Chee was also the Executive Director of Unisteel Technology Ltd. (2006-2009) and the founder of Valen Technologies Pte Ltd (1999-2005). Prior to this, Mr. Chee was involved in a number of senior management and engineering positions, both in multi-national corporations and local SMEs. He has more than 30 years of experience related to precision manufacturing.

Mr. Silas Daiber is the Head of the Additive Manufacturing Excellence Center in Singapore (AMEC) at DMG MORI Singapore. His target is to establish a new competence center to serve the demand in South East Asia and Australia for additive hybrid manufacturing. His responsibilities range from research and development, application and customer aftersales support up to service topics.

With starting operating and programming machine tools nearly 10 years ago and joining the Additive Manufacturing development team from the beginning on, his expertise and interest in this kind of industry branch rose constantly. The LASERTEC 65 3D is his current challenge and therefore his perfect passion.