Seurat, a steel 3D printing expertise firm, has appointed Bob Smith to its Board of Administrators, efficient January 2025. He can be Seurat’s fourth board member and its first impartial board member.
“We’re excited to welcome Bob Smith to the Seurat Board,” mentioned James DeMuth, CEO and Co-founder of Seurat. “Bob’s confirmed experience in scaling advanced expertise operations, as demonstrated by his management in transitioning Blue Origin from a analysis group to a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, can be an incredible asset as we broaden our manufacturing capabilities. His expertise constructing sturdy manufacturing techniques, rising groups, and delivering groundbreaking improvements aligns completely with Seurat’s mission to revolutionize steel additive manufacturing.”
Bob Smith, the previous CEO of Blue Origin, efficiently led the corporate’s transformation from a research-focused group to a completely operational enterprise. Earlier than his tenure at Blue Origin, he spent 13 years at Honeywell Aerospace, the place he held varied management positions – in the end serving as Chief Expertise Officer and President of a $4B enterprise.
“There are lots of 3D printing corporations. Nevertheless, I’m assured that solely Seurat has the expertise, and the main target required to drastically scale back half prices and enhance the manufacturing velocity wanted to compete and beat standard serial manufacturing strategies,” mentioned Bob Smith. “Seurat’s strategy is really a Twenty first-century innovation that realizes all some great benefits of digital printing. I’m excited to be a part of the staff that may assist scale up this enterprise and make Seurat’s superior manufacturing functionality obtainable to a variety of shoppers.”
Bob Smith additionally served as Chairman of the Board of ‘Membership for the Future’ and the working firm of Sandia Nationwide Labs, is a Fellow of each the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Aeronautical Society, and was chosen for the Nationwide House Council Consumer Advisory Group by Vice President Pence in 2018 and Vice President Harris in 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M College, an SM in Engineering and Administration from the Sloan Faculty of Administration at MIT, an SM in Engineering from Brown College, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the College of Texas.
