October 19, 2022 agenda
Speaker (5 – 10 minutes)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration, Networking and Working Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sophan S. Smith
Executive Director, Merrimack Valley Region
Entreprenuership for All (EforAll)
Master of Ceremonies (5 min)
Debra Zides/John Michitson
Project Managers and Advanced Manufacturing Researchers
MITRE
Introduction: Context of MITRE AM Trust Showcase Event (5 min)
Neal J. Orringer
President
ASTRO America
President Biden’s Additive Manufacturing (AM) Forward Initiative
Kevin Slattery
Principal ADDvisor
The Barnes Global Advisors
Integrating Additive Manufacturing (AM) from Development Through Industrialization
Tim Bell
Additive Manufacturing Business Manager
Seimens
Seimens Advanced Manufacturing Network (Marketplace)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CEO
Paperless Parts
Manufacturing Estimating & Quoting Software for Manufacturers
Cindy Ashforth
Senior Technical Specialist for Composites
FAA
Considerations for Certifying Additive Manufactured Parts
Laura Teicher
Executive Director
FORGE Manufacturing Accelerator
Startup Barriers/Solutions for Advanced Manufacturiung Entry
Nicholas Brawand
AI and Decision Scientist
MITRE
MITRE’s Open Advanced Manufacturing Marketplace and Bid Board
John Sinopoli
President
Synagex
Cyber Security Assessments for Small and Medium-Sized Maufacturers
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sr. Technical Account Manager
Altair
Digital Twin for Ensuring Part Performance
Jay Pateakos
VP Business Development
MassDevelopment
Funding and Incentives for Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers (SMM) to Adopt Advanced Manufacturing
Allison Dolan-Wilson
VP of Institutional Advancement
Northern Essex Community College
Stephanie Guyotte
Associate Director Real Estate
UMass Lowell Innovation Hub
Shaw Rosen
Development Consultant
Lupoli Properties
Making it in the Merrimack Valley – Bridging the Gap Between Workers and Career Pathways in Manufacturing
Kristen Rayne
Director of Upskilling and Workforce Systems
Commonwealth Corporation
Market Makers and Gateway City Roundtable
The mission of Market Makers is to connect businesses with training grant opportunities and partners with training providers to better meet employers’ skills needs.
Mike Trotta
President and CEO
Crystal Engineering
Challenges and Solutions for Integration of Advanced Manufacturing from SMM Perspective
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Scott Gray
President
Elevate Systems
Life of a Mission-Critical Replacement Part Using Additive Manufacturing
Paul Brink
Enterprise Account Executive
AMFG
Enabling Additive Manufacturing at Scale
Jonathan Aguilar
Founder
CADSPARC
3D CAD Collaboration Using Augmented Reality (AR) Technologies
Mike Vasquez
Founder
3Degrees
AM Data Management for Qualification
Dean Bartles
President, CEO
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group
Multi-Sided Platform (MSP) for Secure Data Sharing Between SMMs, Their Customers, and Researchers
Ramesh Karri
Professor
NYU
Cyber Security for Digital Manufacturing/Additive Manufacturing
Timothy Simpson
Co-Director
Penn State University CIMP-3D
Material/Part Qualification and Certification Progress/Breakthroughs in Additive at Penn State