René Cooper is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Materials engineering with over 35 years of manufacturing experience. Past work experiences include Texas Instruments, CR Bard, Ametek Specailty Metal Products, and Cristal Metals covering process engineering, sales, and business development. René has specialised in powder metallurgy and started working in additive manufacturing back in the 90s sieving powders for DTM in Austin, TX. René has been with Airgas, an Aiquide company for 2+ years and is the market manager for additive manufacturing.