Ricardo Pesce is the Managing Director of Embraer Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.  Appointed to this role in June 2010, Ricardo is responsible for all of the Company’s corporate matters in Asia Pacific, which includes South and Southeast Asia, Australasia and Northeast Asia (excluding China).

A veteran at Embraer, Ricardo joined the Company in 1976 and was the very first aeronautical engineer to join the commercial business division at Embraer, which was set up in 1974.

In the decade that followed, Ricardo was involved in the establishment and development of international aircraft sales for Embraer, before being tasked to create a Contracts division within the business unit in 1986, with the main task of preparing and managing commercial aircraft sales contracts. He also spent time in an internship at Boeing in their Airline Analysis area in 1982.

During his career with the Company which currently stands over 41 years, Ricardo has served in a number of roles relating to the marketing and sales of Embraer’s commercial products. He also started and led the Product Strategy team, where he was deeply involved in the launch of Embraer’s E-JETS family of commercial aircraft.

Ricardo relocated to Singapore in 2001 to join Embraer Asia Pacific – then the newest international entity established by Embraer in its internationalization process – and assumed the role of Business Development Director. During his time at Embraer Asia Pacific, Ricardo successfully led sales campaigns in countries such as India, Taiwan and Japan, which grew  the presence and profile of both the Embraer brand and the Company’s products in the region.

Ricardo graduated from the Institute of Aeronautical Technology (ITA) in Brazil in 1975 and has a Masters in Marketing from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  An avid traveler, Ricardo enjoys golf and motorsports and is married to Otilia.

Dr Ho Chaw Sing, Managing Director of NAMIC, heads the Singapore government funded initiative to catalyse innovation and adoption of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies in the industry. By focusing on application-driven translation R&D together with commercialisation strategies to co-create innovative products, processes and services, the pan-national initiative aims to position Singapore as a global leader in AM technology, securing Singapore’s future in the era of digital manufacturing.

Before joining the public sector, Chaw Sing headed the IP Technology and Innovation at HP Singapore, Printing and Personal Systems Group, where he oversaw technology partner relationships, IP strategy, and strategic innovation initiatives for the Supplies Business. Prior to this, he was the global head for Consumer Inkjet Supplies Business operations, overseeing internal manufacturing, outsourced operations and product innovation. Chaw Sing started his career and spent a decade in Chartered Semiconductor and Global foundries, where he undertook various leadership executive roles in technology development and engineering operations.

Chaw Sing is a National University of Singapore alumnus, where he obtained his Bachelors (Honours) and Doctorate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is an inventor/co-inventor of 47 US/international patents and has authored/co-authored 16 papers. He is an active speaker in innovation summits on digital disruption and additive manufacturing. He is a mentor to a number of start-ups in the digital and health science space, and serves on various advisory panels on additive manufacturing.

Stephan Bloempott, MPhil BSc, is Head of Additive Manufacturing Solutions at Satair Group, the Airbus subsidiary specializing in material management. He is responsible for the industrialization of certification and supply chain processes for Additive Manufacturing. Prior to working for Satair Group, Stephan worked in the A320 Family Final Assembly Line at Airbus in Hamburg as an Executive Assistant and Project Manager for three years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Business Management from the NORDAKADEMIE University of Applied Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Systems, Manufacture and Management from the University of Cambridge.

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.

Peter Rogers, Additive Manufacturing Product Specialist at Autodesk since 2016. His role entails sales, business development and channel management in the APAC region for Autodesk Netfabb. After Autodesk’s acquired Netfabb in 2015, he’s worked hard on the GTM strategy and been crucial in the fast growth achieved in the region.

His knowledge of additive manufacturing stems from his Global Sales Director role at Kabuku Inc (Tokyo). His strong results fueled the company’s growth, leading to a total of $10mil+ in venture capital fund raising.

Graduating from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) International Business / Arts double degree. He’s been living in Tokyo for a total of 10 years.

Mr. Pascal Pierra is Director of Sales covering Asia Pacific for Optomec since 2016.

He has more than twenty years of experience in the High Tech industry and Additive Manufacturing with roles in Europe, North America and Asia since 2004.

In his previous role, Mr Pierra was involved in the creation and the launch of the largest Additive Manufacturing Center in South East Asia with UCT as their Director of Business Development.

David Butler is the Strategic Development Director of the Advanced Remanufacturing & Technology Centre which he helped establish in 2011. The centre adopts an industry-led public private partnership model to help companies develop industry-ready solutions. David is also an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering where he focusses on research into manufacturing processes. Over the years, he has collaborated with a number of industrial partners including Rolls-Royce, 3M, Pratt & Whitney and Global Foundries.

Derrick has spent 11 years with ST Kinetics Integrated Engineering (KIE) developing commercial solutions for STK. He has serviced Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Defense industries providing manufacturing services and specialty vehicles. In 2015, Derrick started to develop business opportunities in AM to explore 3DP within ST Kinetics and commercial applications. KIE specialise in metal 3D Printing.

Dr Gary Ng, Group Manager for Additive Manufacturing at the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR; leads a team of Scientists and Engineers to develop additive manufacturing technology for industrial implementations.

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.

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.

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.

Simin leads Digital Manufacturing at UL, with emphasis on 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing, Simulation & Advanced Manufacturing Environment. Her work in 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing focuses on safety & compliance, material & process, and workforce development. Simin serves on the Governance Board of America Makes (Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute) and Managing Board of 3DSIM.  Simin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and Computer Engineering degree from University of Minnesota. Simin also has hands-on software engineering and product management experience from ADC Telecom, Tyco Healthcare, 3M and Intel. Simin is passionate about technology and innovation.

Dr. Florian Dötzer currently holds the position of Managing Director of Composite Cluster Singapore Pte. Ltd. and is actively promoting high-tech innovations in Singapore through various engagements. Before his current position, he was active as industry liaison for Technische Universität München’s Singapore office and was involved in early setup of the NRF-funded TUM CREATE – Centre for Electromobility Singapore.

Before moving to Singapore, Florian has held positions, such as Principal at BGW Management Advisory Group, Head of Innovation & Research at Jet Aviation Basel and Technical Director at Altran India. In addition to his track record in directing multi-national, cross-functional operations he maintains a special interest in the integration of research and industry to create market-effective innovations.

Charles graduated from National University of Singapore with a B.Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1998 and subsequently with a Master of Science Degree (Ocean Engineering) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA in 2004.  He has been with DSO National Laboratories since 2000, working in areas that focus on mechanical design.  Currently, as Head of Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Lab, he is responsible for delivering cutting edge solutions to protect electronics against harsh conditions such as high temperature, electronics heat load, vibration and shock loadings.  His present interest is also in leveraging on AM to produce parts and assemblies with material properties and features not achievable through more conventional machining techniques.  He has been involved in several projects looking into such aspects such as for heat exchangers and light-weight structures.

Mr Tan Kong Hwee holds the post of Director, Transport Engineering.

As Director, Transport Engineering, he oversees EDB’s work in planning and facilitating the development and growth of Singapore’s Aerospace, Land Transport and Marine and Offshore industries.

Mr Tan had previously held positions as Regional Director, Europe and Centre Director, Japan. Prior to joining EDB in 2006, he was with the Ministry of Home Affairs for approximately 3 years. Mr Tan graduated with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University in 2001

Lu Weiyao is the Co-Founder and Technical Director of Flare Dynamics Pte Ltd. Flare Dynamics is an Unmanned Systems Aerospace Precision Engineering Company that provides bespoke turnkey business-to-business unmanned systems solutions.

By adhering to the company mantra, “The Purpose creates the Machine”, Weiyao and the Flare Dynamics team has been able to grow impressively in recent years, with focus in the security, defence and law enforcement industries.

With a Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical), coupled with a Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering, Weiyao is passionate about Unmanned Systems Development, and delivering the most objective yet versatile solutions to his clients.

Sanjay is responsible for the Industrialization of technologies in the next generation of aircraft engines, such as Ceramic Matrix Composites, 3D Printing, new Alloys, and Advanced Manufacturing. He leads cross-functional teams from Engineering through Vertically-Integrated Supply Chains including Business Development.

Sanjay has been with GE for over 30 years. Prior to his current role, Sanjay was Vice President & Managing Director of the GE India Technology Center, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Earlier he was the General Manager for Engineering Technologies at GE Aviation headquartered in Cincinnati, OH; General Manager for the Fan, Compressor & Combustor Center of Excellence in GE Aviation’s Supply Chain, with plants in the US, Canada and Europe, and Engineering teams in Cincinnati, OH and Lynn, MA; and Global Technology Leader for Energy & Propulsion Technologies at GE’s Global Research Center headquartered in Niskayuna NY, with teams in the US, Bangalore, Shanghai and Munich.

Sanjay holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He has 15 US patents and has published over 100 research papers. He is a member of several professional societies and has been a reviewer for several technical journals.

Sanjay has served as a National Leader of GE’s Asian Pacific American Forum and a Director of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, a US 501 c 3 organization. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NGS Advanced Fibers Joint Venture in Japan and as GE’s University Executive to The University of Michigan, where he is also on the Dean of Engineering’s Advisory Council and on the Advisory Board of the Graham Sustainability Institute.

Adam has a business degree with honours from Monash University in Melbourne Australia and started working at Citibank as a foreign exchange trader in 1994.  In 1996 he moved from Sydney to Singapore to work at Citibank.  He spent a total of 20 years working for Citibank in financial markets with jobs ranging from FX and derivatives trading and structuring to his last job which was the APAC head of corporate sales for financial markets.  He advised corporations from the largest multinationals to SME’s on managing their financial risks including foreign exchange, interest rates and commodities.

In 2012 he set up 2 companies, one to develop space tourism and the other to develop aero and space technology.  On the space tourism side they have opened their space academy on the Gold Coast in Queensland in 2016 and cater to the public and school groups to experience astronaut type training on simulators and workshops on space technology.  On the technology side they have been developing hybrid rocket fuelled satellite launch vehicles and VTOL fixed wing drones.  They have launched our first rocket in 2016 and flown many prototypes of our drones.  Adam is married with 3 children and has lived in Singapore for 20 years.

Ian Mellor is currently the Managing Director of the Technology & Materials Discovery Centre at Metalysis Ltd., a UK based metal powder production company and solutions provider, with particular emphasis on additive manufacturing. Ian is a Materials Chemist by training, with around 20 years’ experience within the metals and alternative energy sectors. His work has been extensively published, where he is an inventor on a number of patents, and author of numerous journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters.

Professor Chua Chee Kai has been involved in 3D Printing (3DP), previously known as Rapid Prototyping (RP) since 1990. On-going research at NTU include development of new systems, materials and techniques in biomedical applications (prostheses, implants, devices and tissue scaffolds) using 3DP.

He has been invited as a keynote speaker to several international conferences to speak on the “Trends of 3D Printing” and “3D Printing in Tissue Engineering”, and has sat on the International Programme Committee for more than 14 International Conferences devoted to 3DP and other manufacturing technologies. In addition, he has been widely consulted by industries on 3DP-related problems. He has contributed more than 200 technical papers in local seminars, technical talks, international conferences and journals, generating more than 4600 citations and a H index of 33. He conducted the 3DP short course more than 53 times since 1991 for the industry in Singapore and abroad including the Wuhan Automotive University Polytechnic in China, and Thomson Multimedia, Maxtor Peripherals, Flexmech Engineering, Institute of Technical Education, SIMTech, OSIM, Tyco Electronics, Defence Science Organisation (DSO), Ngee Ann Polytechnic and NUS High School of Mathematics and Science.

Prof Chua is the co-author of the book, entitled “Rapid Prototyping: Principles & Applications in Manufacturing” published by John Wiley & Sons in 1997 (http://www.worldscibooks.com/engineering/6665.html). A Chinese version was translated in 1998. The 2nd edition, “Rapid Prototyping: Principles & Applications” was published by World Scientific in 2003. The Chinese version for the 2nd edition was translated in 2005. The 3rd edition of the same title, has just been published in January 2010 by World Scientific. The latest, 4th edition, entitled “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing: Principles and Applications” was published in August 2014. A brand new book “Bioprinting: Principles and Applications” was published in December 2014, also by World Scientific.

He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Virtual and Physical Prototyping Journal, published by Taylor and Francis. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Rapid Prototyping Journal, the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Journal of Materials Processing Technology. He has also reviewed more than 50 papers for more than 30 international journals and examined both Master and PhD theses for overseas universities. He has won 13 awards and 15 research fundings. For his significant contributions to 3DP, he was given the “Academic Career Award” at the Portugal’s International Conference on Virtual and Rapid Prototyping” in 2013, Public Service (Silver) Administration Award by the President of Singapore in 2014 and the Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award by the Minister of Education and President of NTU in 2014.

To date, he has amassed close to S$150 M of research grants, resulting in a number of big centres and labs. These are (1) the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing funded by National Research Foundation (2) NTU Additive Manufacturing Centre funded the Singapore’s Economic Development Board (3) NTU-SIMTech Joint Lab in 3D AM (4) NTU-SUTD Joint Lab in Visualization and Prototyping (5) SLM Solutions @ SC3DP Joint Lab. He now heads a centre with 36 professors, 47 PhD students, 52 Masters students, 15 research staff and a support team of business development, administrative and technical staff. Another additional 100 PhD students will be recruited in the next 4 years.

Lye King has 25 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. He started his career at Advanced Materials Technologies in 1991. He was instrumental in the development of the powder injection molding technology in the company. In 2006, Lye King left to venture out to join Acelent Technologies to start new business in advanced powder molding technology. In 2016, Lye King joined SIMTech as initiative lead and senior business manager of 3D Additive Manufacturing.

Lye King has achieved worldwide recognition in the powder injection molding industry. Among the accolades are the Grand Prize Part of the Year in 1993, 1995 and 2002 from Metal Powder Industries Federation, USA and also the Merit Overseas Award 2005 from the European Powder Metal Association. He had penned 7 patents individually and co-authored. In addition, he had presented numerous technical papers in major conferences in USA, Europe and Japan. He won the National Technology Award in 1993.

Lye King received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical engineering (Honours Degree) from Nanyang Technological University in 1991.

Rebecca A. McGrane is the Vice President & General Manager of the Eggemoen Technology Center for Norsk Titanium in Hønefoss, Norway.  In this capacity, she leads a cross-functional team of material scientists, machine engineers, and operators to develop & industrialize Rapid Plasma Deposition™ technology.  The team has recently received FAA approval and completed first commercial production.  Ms. McGrane joined Norsk Titanium following a 15-year career at General Dynamics, where she was the Director for Wheeled Combat and Tactical Vehicles as well as the Director for the Maneuver Collaboration Center, where she was responsible for the innovation, maturation, and transition to production of future ground combat vehicle technologies.

Ms. McGrane holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.