James Zunino

Mr. Zunino is the Senior Scientific Technical Manager for Advanced Manufacturing Future Concepts. He serves as the DEVCOM Armaments Center Technical Authority and is a globally recognized expert overseeing advanced manufacturing future concepts and strategic initiatives. Mr. Zunino helped established the AFC Advanced Manufacturing Executive Committee (EXCOM) and leads its associated AdvM Community of Practice (AdvM CoP). Mr. Zunino co-chairs the Combat Weapons Systems Working Group and is an Army Member of ICE-PPR (International Cooperative Engagements Program for Polar Research). He serves as the Army Technical Area Chief (TAC-1) for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing and was appointed as the DEVCOM Principal Technical Advisors (PTA) for Adaptive Manufacturing in concert with Future Concepts Center (FCC). Mr. Zunino holds a Master's of Business Administration and a B.S in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is a “Manufacturing Innovation Institute Fellow” for his contributions in Flexible Hybrid Electronics. He has over 150 Publications and numerous awards including: Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, Department of the Army R&D Achievement Award, Major General Harold J. Greene Innovation Award, DSI’s Military AM Lifetime Achievement Award, several SME, ASM, and IDTechEx Innovation Awards, as well as other DOD/Industry awards and honors.