Andre Wegner

Authentise

Founder and CEO

Future Fabrication //
Using Software to Increase Yield and Reduce Preparation Time in Additive Manufacturing

Bio:

Andre Wegner is founder and CEO of Authentise, aleader in process automation software for additive manufacturing. He is also faculty for digital manufacturing at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Andre is a frequent speaker on 3D Printing, the intellectual property challenges, the digital thread in manufacturing and opportunities of distributed manufacturing at events such as Rapid, Designer of Things, Inside 3D Printing, 3D Print Show, Pacific Crest & WIRED. He has been quoted in publications such as BBC News, MIT Tech Review, Chicago Tribune, and Bloomberg. Prior to founding Authentise Andre also managed a venture capital fund in Nigeria and advisory services in India. Andre is a graduate of St. Andrews University (M.A. – UK), ESSEC (M.Sc. – France) and Singularity University (California).

Synopsis:

As Additive Manufacturing increasingly moves from Lab to Production scale, the infrastructure requirements change. GE is investing in 100’s of machines that run simultaneously, Nike does 1000’s of prints a month. To manage these operations the same way we did before – manually inspecting and editing every file, setting up, monitoring and improving every print – is untenable. Instead we can rely on increasingly sophisticated software automation to drive these processes, saving time and money as well as increasingly reliability and safety. In no other manufacturing sector is the opportunity so apparent since additive manufacturing has a more complete digital thread than any other part of the shop floor.

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