Andrew Anagnost

President and CEO

Autodesk

Andrew Anagnost is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk. Dr. Anagnost’s career spans more than 25 years of product, business, and marketing experience focused on driving strategy, transformation, and product development — and includes positions at Autodesk, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, and EXA Corporation. He also completed a doctorate degree at Stanford University and worked at NASA Ames Research Center as an NRC post-doctoral fellow. Anagnost began his career at Autodesk in 1997 and has held a wide range of roles in the areas of marketing, new business development, product management, and product development. Prior to becoming President and CEO in June 2017, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of the Business Strategy & Marketing organization. In this role, Andrew served as architect and leader of Autodesk’s business model transition—moving the company to become a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions provider. Previously, Anagnost held various executive positions across Autodesk. Early in his Autodesk career, he led the development of the company’s manufacturing products and grew Autodesk Inventor revenue to over $500 million. Anagnost is a member of the Autodesk Board of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and holds both an MS in Engineering Science and a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

Dayna Grayson

Co-Founder, General Partner

Construct Capital

Dayna Grayson is Co-founder and General Partner of Construct Capital, an early stage venture firm that invests in extraordinary founders building technology to transform the most foundational industries of our economy from manufacturing to mobility. Dayna was one of the first venture capitalists to turn her attention to transforming these sectors of our economy through software based models. She backed companies creating new advances in manufacturing, automation, and vertically integrated consumer brands. During her time as a partner at NEA (2012-2020), she was the lead investor from the earliest stages and was on the board of companies including Desktop Metal (2015 - today), Tulip (2017 - 2020), Onshape (acqd by PTC) (2013-2019), and Framebridge (acqd by Graham Holdings) (2014-2020) among others. She also led investments in Guideline, Formlabs, Evenly and Neuralmagic. At Construct, along with her co-founder Rachel Holt, Dayna is exclusively focused on early stage investments and investing behind the accelerating changes in foundational industries that together make up half our economy’s GDP are failing to meet customer expectations. Some of their investments include Copia, Veho, Hadrian, The Rounds, and Verve Motion. Dayna started her career in product development and led design efforts at Blackbaud [BLKB], the leading global provider of software to nonprofit organizations, as the company grew to over $130 million in revenue and completed a successful public offering and was an investor at North Bridge Venture Partners from 2007-2012. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia (Systems Engineering) and Harvard Business School, where she serves as a venture partner today.

Elisabeth Reynolds

Lecturer, Policymaker

MIT, The White House

Elisabeth Reynolds is a principal research scientist and executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center as well as a lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). From 2021 - 2022, Liz served as Special Assistant to President Biden for Manufacturing and Economic Development at the National Economic Council (NEC). Prior to joining MIT, Reynolds was the director of the City Advisory Practice at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a non-profit focused on job and business growth in urban areas. She has been actively engaged in efforts to rebuild manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., most recently as a member of the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative. She is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Montreal as well as a PhD from MIT DUSP.

Jane Arnold

Venture Partner

Momenta

Jane Arnold is a seasoned industry executive with over three decades of experience in chemical, discrete, and additive manufacturing. As a digital leader in Industry 4.0, she is dedicated to enhancing the impact of manufacturing through the adoption of cutting-edge technologies. Throughout her career, Jane has held executive positions at Stanley Black and Decker and Covestro, where she was responsible for spearheading digital transformations. Most recently Jane started her own advisory business, joined Momenta as a Venture Partner, and Aperio.AI as an independent board member. Jane is interested in improving the state of manufacturing for the betterment of the worker, and the planet.

Jeff Kinder

Executive Vice President, Design and Manufacturing

Autodesk

Executive with over 20 years of experience, including general management of mid to large-sized organizations, product development, digital transformation, business operations, and strategy. Currently EVP of Design and Manufacturing at Autodesk, global leader in design and make software. Prior to Autodesk, was Head of Consumer Products and Global Marketplaces at OpenTable. Primarily focused on demand, restaurant marketing, and international expansion. Previously served in key leadership roles for JP Morgan Chase including Head of Digital Products, COO of Mobile, E-commerce, and Payments, and President of Chase Offers. Before JP Morgan Chase, served as Senior Vice President at Yahoo, leading global product development for Yahoo’s Front Page, Media, and Marketplace products. Earlier at Yahoo, was Senior Vice President of Small Business and Recruitment Advertising which included search, web hosting and e-commerce services. Prior to Yahoo, was Senior Vice President at Cendant Corporation, a provider of travel, real estate, and transportation services with brands like Avis, Budget, Wyndham, Travelport, Orbitz, Coldwell Banker, and Century 21. Before Cendant, co-founded internet travel company, worked as a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, and served as an officer in the US Navy.

Max Lobovsky

Co-Founder, CEO

Formlabs

Max Lobovsky is co-founder and CEO of Formlabs. Formlabs pioneered the new category of professional desktop 3D printing when it launched the world’s first affordable, powerful desktop stereolithography 3D printer. Prior to starting Formlabs, Lobovsky led the efforts at Fab@Home, one of the industry’s earliest open-source 3D printing projects which has been instrumental in setting up labs in schools worldwide. A Forbes’ 30 Under 30 recipient and World Economic Forum Pioneer, Lobovsky holds a B.S. in Applied Engineering and Physics from Cornell University and a M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.

Michael MacKenzie

GM, IoT, Enterprise & Industrial IoT, Edge, and Robotics

AWS

Michael MacKenzie is the GM of Industrial IoT and Edge Services at Amazon Web Services, helping customers in manufacturing, oil & gas, food and beverage, smart grid, and intelligent buildings connect and manage their critical operations from the cloud. Before coming to AWS in 2019, Michael was the Global Vice President of the EcoStruxure IoT Platform for Schneider Electric, a global automation and energy management company specializing in Industrial IoT. Michael holds an MBA from Royal Roads University with a specialization in Innovation Management from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business. He also holds a Certificate in Managing Cyber Security Risk from Harvard University. Specialties: Industrial IoT, Professional Services, R&D management for IoT Cloud, IoT Edge, IoT Connected Sensors and Intelligent Devices. Offer marketing & strategy, offer creation, product management, energy efficiency expertise, industrial automation, technical solution architectures, software design & implementation, new business development.

Miles Arnone

CEO

Re:Build Manufacturing

Miles Arnone is the CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (www.rebuildmanufacturing.com), a highly integrated family of industrial businesses combining cutting-edge technologies, operational superiority via Lean, and strategic M&A to build America’s next generation industrial company. Its goal is to help revitalize the U.S. manufacturing base over the coming decades, creating substantial opportunities for its employees and the communities where the company operates. Built upon a set of well-defined core principles (The Re:Build Way), the company’s 900+ employees (and ~350 engineers) provide design and manufacturing services inclusive of industrial design, mechanical engineering, software and firmware design, electronics, composites, metallics, automated production equipment, systems manufacturing, and chemical and continuous processing plants. The company’s latest manufacturing facility (170,000+ sq-ft), is slated to open later this year on the site of the former Alcoa facility in New Kensington, PA. Miles received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering (1991) and MS degrees in engineering and management (LFM ’93) from MIT. Prior to co-founding Re:Build he worked in private equity rehabilitating engineering and industrial businesses and was the CEO or President of several machine tool builders in the United States and Europe.

Natan Linder

Co-Founder, CEO

Tulip

Natan Linder is co-founder and CEO of manufacturing technology company, Tulip, and co-founder and chairman of Formlabs, the pioneer and industry leader in professional desktop 3D printing. Drawing from over 15 years of experience and accomplished careers at companies like Samsung, Sun Microsystems, and Rethink Robotics, Linder holds a depth of expertise in computer science, product design, and entrepreneurship. Prior to starting Tulip and Formlabs, Linder was co-founder and general manager of Samsung Electronic’s R&D Center in Israel, spearheading the group’s innovation efforts in mobile and shipping multiple products to the global market. He’s served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Jerusalem Venture Partners, the leading Israeli venture capital firm. Linder holds a PhD from MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group and a S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT. Linder’s work aims to fuse design and engineering to create novel human experiences.