About EVOLVE

CEO

Jeff Blank, is the Chief Executive Officer at Evolve Additive Solutions.

Prior to joining Evolve, Jeff spent two decades in the 2D printing industry delivering printers for Tektronix and Xerox Corporation. While at Xerox Jeff was the VP, Entry Products Delivery Unit and

Chief Engineer and Architect for inkjet technology development and roadmap. He oversaw products ranging from consumer/desktop printers, to enterprise devices, production printing architectures, and industrial inkjet.

Jeff then moved to 3D Systems where he spent 8 years managing the worldwide engineering organization. His responsibilities included all technology and product development for the 3D Systems portfolio of plastics, metals, software, and materials.

During his professional career Jeff conceived, led, and delivered 40+ products in consumer, enterprise, and business-to-business spaces. As an industry veteran, Jeff has a diverse engineering and business background with a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and MBA from the University of Portland.

SVP, Emerging Technologies & Applications

30+ years of Technology and Commercialization leadership experience at NexPress and Kodak

As CTO & VP of the NexPress JV, led technology and commercialization teams in US and Germany to help bring the highest quality and most reliable digital printing press to market in record time. Also created a high-value materials business for the NexPress.

As Portfolio Director of Kodak’s EP Imaging portfolio, built a 1000+ strategic patent portfolio

B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins Univ.

VP of Engineering

25+ years of leadership experience in product and technology development and manufacturing of industrial production equipment

As Director of Engineering at Bosch Packaging Technology, led global rationalization of product lines and advanced System Engineering practice

As VP of Engineering at Optomec, developed micron-scale 5-axis-motion Aerosol Jet printers

At Tetra Pak, led development of injection molding, recycling, and numerous other technology, manufacturing, and organizational innovations

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and M.S. in Management of Technology from Chalmers University

Principal Investor, 3D Ventures

Hugh Evans is an active investor, operator and entrepreneur in the Additive Manufacturing sector. He has invested in numerous 3D Printing startups, and serves on the Board of Directors and as an Advisor to many projects. From 2013 to 2019, he served as SVP, Corporate Development and Digitization at 3D Systems Corporation. During that period, he also served on the Board of Directors at AquaVentures Holdings (NYSE: “WAAS”; sold to Culligan for $1.1 billion on 03/30/20).

Hugh Previously worked for 21 years as an investment analyst and portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price Associates in Baltimore, MD. He started his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. He received his BA from the University of Virginia (Jefferson Scholar) and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Arjay Miller Scholar).