Caracol has appointed Axtra3D Chief Technique Officer Rajeev Kulkarni as its new Board President.
Kulkarni, who boasts 30 years expertise in additive manufacturing and expertise, joins Caracol to assist the corporate’s international worldwide growth. The announcement was made at this 12 months’s RAPID + TCT occasion in Los Angeles.
He’ll assist concentrate on supporting the dimensions up of its US Operations, whereas the corporate will proceed constructing its management in North America with ‘direct operations, a neighborhood staff, and a powerful companion community.’
In an organization press launch, Caracol described Kulkarni as somebody with ‘invaluable data’ and advised he was a ‘pioneer in creating 3D printing applied sciences.’ The corporate additionally famous how he helped to scale the usage of 3D printing expertise throughout a number of sectors, establishing a ‘distinguished observe document in each angel investing and entrepreneurship.’
As he joins the Caracol Board as President, Kulkarni will assist the corporate’s international development and search to ‘improve the corporate’s trajectory because the main supplier of business manufacturing applied sciences for industrial large-scale 3D printed elements in North America and internationally.
“We’re very glad to have Rajeev be a part of us as our new Board President; his in depth expertise and deep data of the commercial manufacturing panorama will play an integral position in supporting our worldwide scale-up course of with a powerful concentrate on our rapidly rising North American Operations,” mentioned Francesco De Stefano, CEO and Co-founder of Caracol. “He has contributed considerably to main the trade ahead and we’re very excited to see how his in depth expertise can assist us within the subsequent section of Caracol’s development.”
“As a brand new member of the Caracol staff, I’m excited by the immense potential and alternatives that LFAM presents,” added Kulkarni. “This method to Additive Manufacturing is revolutionising the manufacturing of large-scale elements by lowering prices, lead occasions, and enhancing structural integrity by means of single-piece manufacturing. Its versatility in utilizing a variety of supplies permits for customised purposes, driving performance and efficiency. I’m significantly impressed about Caracol’s method to having first began with a powerful concentrate on purposes after which transitioning the enterprise mannequin to that of an OEM. This permits the corporate to steadiness a number of enterprise fashions, numerous income streams and reveal doubling development with every passing 12 months. I look ahead to working with a really complementary government staff and a board that’s targeted on constructing vital financial and strategic worth.”
