Mr. Sears brings over 32 years of experience in rapid...

Mr. Sears brings over 32 years of experience in rapid manufacturing technologies, including 29 years in additive manufacturing. This includes a highly distinguished career at Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) where he held the role of Technical Leader of Ford’s Additive Manufacturing Technologies, and led a large team of additive manufacturing engineers, specialists, and operators to accelerate the integration of additive manufacturing technologies into Ford’s manufacturing environment. He has a proven capability to develop and implement additive manufacturing processes that leverage state-of-the-art technologies for the production of commercial parts and prototypes. He has significant experience in scaling additive manufacturing technologies for high-volume automotive production parts and to deliver rapid prototypes for new product development and manufacturing tooling try-outs.

Mr. Sears will play a key role in guiding the expansion of IperionX’s additive manufacturing capabilities across a range of production modalities. A large number of leading companies in the automotive, consumer electronic, bicycle and defense sectors are accelerating the use of additive manufacturing to improve sustainability, reduce long lead times and to rapidly produce large volumes of low cost, complex parts. IperionX currently has two Laser Bed Powder Fusion printers and one Binder Jet printer that are used to rapidly prototype titanium components to optimize final design, and to print production series parts for customers.