Ben DiMarco is the Technology Transition Director at America Makes, where he leads efforts to industrialize additive manufacturing (AM) with a focus on DoD and industry applications. With over 15 years in advanced manufacturing, he works to accelerate the advancement and adoption of AM to enhance defense readiness and sustainment. Previously, Ben was the Additive Manufacturing Technology Leader at Ohio State’s CDME, overseeing $3M+ in research and expanding the lab’s metal AM capabilities from five to 14 printers. Before that, he spent nine years at Honda R&D Americas, where he established Honda’s first U.S.-based metal AM facility and developed laser powder bed fusion strategies for nickel superalloys. A user of additive manufacturing since 2009, Ben holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Akron, a masters focused on Additive Manufacturing from Ohio State, and finishing his Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering at night (expected 2026). He actively contributes to standards communities (ASTM, AMS, AWS) and was named an America Makes Ambassador in 2022, serving on the Executive Committee in 2023.