Dan Johns is a Board Member of Beamit Spa and 3T-AM Ltd and has been on the forefront of AM industrialisation for over 20 years.
In his early profession he created the inspiration for AM adoption in Airbus and constructed the primary AM know-how centre to develop the design and manufacturing strategies for aerospace. Right here he gained the Airbus Award for Engineering and Innovation Excellence throughout the testing of the A380 ‘tremendous jumbo’, developed materials and course of patent portfolio, and created an utility pipeline for plane, satellites, and defence packages.
He moved to GKN Aerospace as Chief Engineer to create the operational atmosphere for AM manufacturing and aerospace provide chain necessities, the place the primary industrial AM contract was gained and delivered to SAAB Aerospace for the Grippen fighter jet program.
In 2016 he was appointed CTO at Oerlikon to help the start-up enterprise unit working as a part of the manager crew to construct AM factories in North Carolina, Michigan, and Germany, to create an built-in manufacturing worth chain.
Right now he’s main the transformation & progress technique as CEO of 3T-AM by a powerful imaginative and prescient on sustainability, which is now a part of the ASTM Centre of Excellence community.
Over his profession he has obtained a number of accolades and was recognised as Prime 20 Influencers by TCT, and Prime 100 Manufacturing Leaders by The Producer.Â