Optomec Appoints New Vice President

Optomec Inc. (Albuquerque, NM), a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and 3D printed electronics, announced that Jamie Hanson, the former chief operating officer at Methods 3D, has assumed responsibilities in their newly created position of vice president of business development.

For the past ten years, Hanson served as the director of corporate development at Methods Machine Tools and chief operating officer of Methods 3D, one of the largest U.S. distributors of machine tools, where he also initiated their activities in 3D printing. Prior to that, he was at Applied Materials for 17 years, where he was their director of Eastern regional account operations. Hanson is a graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was an Airborne Ranger.

“I am thrilled to be joining Optomec, particularly at this inflection point where additive manufacturing is being adopted into production processes,” said Hanson. “Our technology is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this opportunity and I am excited in my role to help our customers implement this technology to make a difference in their business.”

“Jamie has a truly unique background as a commercial executive in both the machine tool and semiconductor equipment markets, each of which is crucial to Optomec’s growth strategy” said Dave Ramahi, the chief executive officer of Optomec. “I am confident that he will contribute significantly to our continued success.”

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