3D printing startup PrintFoam has appointed former Azul 3D Chief Technology Officer David Walker as CTO.
His expertise in new industrial market development helped improve material formulations and application development and was a great fit for founder Matthew Pearlson’s vision.
“Joining PrintFoam has been an incredible journey,” David said. “It’s refreshing to join and work with a team whose values and vision are aligned with your own. As PrintFoam is my second start-up venture, I know how important it is to have the culture of a founding team be aligned – it takes priority over everything else, because success in everything else flows from it. Team development, tech development, business development…it all starts with strong, well aligned founders.”
“Having run a fast paced AM start-up, and being an active member of the RadTech and photopolymer community, I’ve seen a lot of great technologies over the years…but so rarely are any of them new and truly surprising. When Matthew showed me some of his early prototypes, it immediately clicked for me. I had hard questions, and there were good answers at the ready. Here was a founder who had innovative solutions and had elegantly sidestepped some of the great challenges in the field with a fresh approach.”
PrintFoam is developing a sustainable additive manufacturing process that uses less material and energy and uses organically grown materials. Walker joined in the midst of accelerating the company’s growth.
Matthew Pearlson praised Walker, saying, “Adding Dr. Walker to the team has allowed PrintFoam to realize its technical potential. He is an exceptionally gifted experimentalist. He makes magic in the lab, and time and again developed and proven ideas with his creativity and moxie. David’s strength excels far beyond the lab bench and chemical hood. As an experienced founder, David understands what it takes to bring ideas to reality, and has provided sound counsel and advice. He is also one of the most principled and ethical scientists and entrepreneurs I have ever met. I am very fortunate to have met Dr. Walker, and feel even luckier to have him on the team as a true co-founder.”
Walker and Pearlson’s meeting led to a collaboration that is driving the development of PrintFoam. Since then, they have achieved new application areas, material formulations, improved print capacity and reliability, and faster print speeds than ever before.
PrintFoam is working on projects such as carbon deposition, foam molding, acoustic tile development, RFID antenna opportunities, and footwear and other “traditional” foam applications.
The team will be at RAPID + TCT 2023 in Chicago. Don’t miss David’s presentation on Wednesday morning at 11:30 a.m. as part of a panel discussion titled Return of the Desktop Printers – How Desktop Machines are Making Progress Entering Industrial Manufacturing, along with the incredible Christina P. Perla, CEO of Makelab, and Spencer Loveless, CEO/Owner of Dustless Technologies and Founder/CEO of Merit3D.
Find out more about PrintFoam at printfoam3d.com.
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