Leadership

Lou has a 20-plus-year career driving innovation in the manufacturing sector, and is a recognized leader on matters related to manufacturing, industrial innovation and competitiveness. Prior to Fast Radius, Lou was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where he co-led the firm’s global research and advisory efforts on the “Future of Manufacturing.” Lou has helped Fortune 100 executives, start-ups and government leaders in developing and executing strategies to compete in the digital industrial age. He also founded TRG, an industrial-tech-focused advisory and investment firm, and spent the first chapter of his career in engineering and manufacturing in the auto industry. He has an MBA and MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT where he was a LFM Fellow, a MS from Michigan-Dearborn, and BS from Notre Dame.

Pat leads commercial and financial operations. Prior to Fast Radius, Pat was President, North America at InnerWorkings (NASDAQ: INWK), a technology-enabled marketing services firm. Prior to InnerWorkings, Pat was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company, where he served technology clients across a wide range of functions. Before McKinsey, Pat held cross-functional leadership roles at multiple early-stage growth companies. Pat holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Notre Dame.

Bill is Chief Scientist at Fast Radius. Outside of Fast Radius, Dr. King is Professor and Andersen Chair in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was the founding Chief Technology Officer at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, one of the first national manufacturing institutes in the United States. He has authored 225 journal articles and 20 patents. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Physical Society. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

John leads our Product and Application Engineering teams. He brings to Fast Radius deep expertise in designing, building and executing production systems leveraging the latest digital technologies. Prior to Fast Radius, John led the Digital Manufacturing Practice for McKinsey & Company, where he helped clients navigate their digital transformations. John holds his BSE and MSE from the University of Michigan, and his MBA from Northwestern.

Gus leads Product and Software at Fast Radius, bringing his background in developing world-class software across a range of industries. Prior to joining Fast Radius, Gus served as Chief Product Officer at Bellhops, where his team built software to revolutionize the customer experience in moving logistics, leading to 3X YoY revenue growth. Prior to Bellhops, Gus served as Vice President of Product & Engineering at Magic Leap, where he helped create a spatial computing platform to dissolve the barriers between the digital content we love and the physical world around us. Previously, Gus was Head of Mobile and Cloud R&D at Citrix, where he led the creation and development of Cloud.com, helped build and scale GoToMeeting worldwide, contributed to the open source Xen hypervisor, and grew Citrix’s mobile business to over 100MM users. Gus joined Citrix in 2008 as result of the acquisition of Frameworks, the company he co-founded in 2005.

James leads marketing at Fast Radius. James brings to the organization expertise in developing world-class customer marketing programs and strategy for data-driven marketing at scale. Previously James was Vice President of Marketing for SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) where he led a group of 40+ marketers across 8 offices worldwide, with his tenure spanning the company’s IPO in 2018. James also helped grow Amazon Business (NASDAQ: AMZN) to 400,000 customers and $1BN in annual sales in the business unit’s first 12 months following launch. Prior to Amazon, James held numerous roles spanning marketing, business development, and product management in small and medium-sized high-growth tech companies. He has a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Economics and Communication Studies from Northwestern University.

Brian leads the sales organization at Fast Radius. Prior to Fast Radius, Brian was Chief Sales Officer of Rubicon Global where he led sales and marketing through the company’s biggest growth period to date. During this time the company doubled its valuation from $500m to $1B. As Vice President of Regional Sales at Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN), Simms built and ran a sales team of 400+ sales representatives. This played a critical role in helping Groupon become the fastest company to $1B in annual sales revenue. Prior to Groupon, Simms was Director of SMB Enterprise Sales at Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) where he helped position the company as a technology-enabled transportation broker. Before Echo, Simms held multiple roles at early and mid-stage technology growth companies.

Bobby leads our Manufacturing and Quality teams. He brings expertise in building world-class operations and maintaining high safety and quality standards. Prior to Fast Radius, Bobby led multiple manufacturing sites throughout the US for Precision Castparts Corp, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, serving the aerospace and defense industry. Bobby was also a member of the M&A team at PCC, where he led post-merger integrations and growth across acquisitions in North America and Europe. Bobby holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Heather leads the People practice and is responsible for attracting and developing talent that make new things possible at Fast Radius. She has extensive experience in establishing People functions at disruptive technology companies from start-ups to growth stage. Previously, she was a member of the leadership team and VP of Talent for InContext Solutions, a Virtual Reality solutions company for the CPG and Retail industry. Prior to InContext, Heather held multiple roles in HR, Recruiting, and database marketing at early and growth stage tech companies including partner in an executive recruiting firm.