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An Exclusive, First Interview With Jeannine Kunz, the New CEO and Executive Director of SME
RAPID + TCT 2025 is getting ever closer and the anticipation is palpable. And what better way to capture that excitement than going straight to the source? For that reason, we decided to sit down with Jeannine Kunz, the new…
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RAPID + TCT 2025 is getting ever closer and the anticipation is palpable. And what better way to capture that excitement than going straight to the source? For that reason, we decided to sit down with Jeannine Kunz, the new Executive Director and CEO of SME, the organizers of RAPID + TCT.
Jeannine Kunz took on her new role effective January 1, 2025, after Bob Willig stepped down at the end of 2024. In her first exclusive interview since taking up the mantle of CEO, she spoke with 3Dnatives’ Managing Director, Filippos Voulpiotis, about the importance of community in additive manufacturing, how 3D printing has involved, the impact of AI and smart manufacturing and how new talent is shaping the industry’s future. You can see the full deep dive below:
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