Forever interested in how things work, I pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Following graduation, I diligently worked to land a job in the Rapid Prototyping industry. I spent 5 years at EOS as an application engineer where he was the plastics technology expert, responsible for training and supporting all North American EOS customers. Several years ago, I moved to Oregon to build a laser sintering business around new materials and applications focused on the UAV market and beyond. At Northwest Rapid Manufacturing (http://www.nwrapidmfg.com), part of the Northwest UAV (http://www.nwuav.com) family of companies, I am driven to push the limits of 3D printing technologies (and have fun doing so!).