Alex Crease is a Product Marketing Manager at Formlabs with a passion for solving complex manufacturing challenges. Having worked in the 3D printing industry for the last five years, Alex loves uncovering new ways additive manufacturing can improve engineering and design workflows. Alongside working at Formlabs, Alex uses his robotics engineering background to design anything from BattleBots to kinetic sculptures in his spare time. He views 3D printing as not just a tool to accelerate the product development process, but as a way to enable anyone to design and create their ideas.
Vancouver, Canada: Phil Tsao is a design engineer with a deep background in mechatronics. He works at Vancouver-based startup HAVEN, specializing in electrical and mechanical design. Phil also operates a rapid prototyping company called Ember Prototypes, providing fast turnaround parts to engineers using 3D printers and laser cutters. Phil was introduced to 3D printing through the large in-house machine shop at his previous job, and it was this exposure that propelled his interest in not only 3D printing, but many other manufacturing technologies. With access to high quality SLA printing, Phil can now address client needs with Formlabs’ vast library of resins.