3D Systems Announces the Appointment of Assad Ansari as Vice President Global Engineering.VALENCIA, Calif. -- 3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:TDSC TDSC Thai Development Support Committee TDSC Time Domain Signal Coding TDSC Test Driver System - Charlie TDSC Time-Domain Spreading Code ) announced today that it has named Assad Ansari to the position of Vice President Global Engineering, effective August 2, 2004. Ansari joins 3D Systems with 23 years experience in industrial automation research and product development. Ansari comes to 3D Systems from Giddings & Lewis, LLC, a division of ThyssenKrupp Metal Cutting. As Vice President Engineering at Giddings & Lewis, Ansari was responsible for the development of CNC, CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. (Coordinate Measuring Machine), General Motion products and systems. Prior to his employment with Giddings & Lewis, Ansari held several management positions with Rockwell Automation and General Electric, where he was instrumental in developing and executing advanced technology programs and automation systems development architectures. Ansari holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSEE MSEE Master of Science in Electrical Engineering MSEE Mean Square Estimation Error MSEE Major Source Enforcement Effort MSEE Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (Purdue University building) , and BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] . He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ) is a national electrical and computer engineering honor society in the United States founded in October 1904 by Maurice L. Carr at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Electrical Engineering Honor Society, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e ), and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers The Society of Manufacturing Engineers [1] (SME) is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. SME is internationally recognized by manufacturing practitioners, companies and other organizations as a source for information, ). Ansari has also served as chair or member of the board on several technical consortia and exchange councils. "We are very pleased that Assad has joined our team. Assad's unique blend of expertise and experience in machine controls and automation for manufacturing is exactly what we need in order to accelerate and expand our participation in the rapidly growing digital manufacturing and 3-D printing industries," said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' president and chief executive officer. "Assad's impressive track record as an effective, result-oriented, change leader of substantial engineering organizations and his broad experience within the machine tool and factory automation industry complements and strengthens our management team and enables better execution against our strategic growth plans." About 3D Systems Founded in 1986, 3D Systems, the solid imaging company(SM), provides solid imaging products and systems solutions that reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing. Its systems utilize patented proprietary technologies to create physical objects from digital input that can be used in design communication, prototyping, and as functional end-use parts. More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com, or by phoning 888-337-9786, x2882 (or 661-295-5600, x2882 from outside the United States), or via email at moreinfo@3dsystems.com. |
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