Desktop Metal CEO and leadership

Ric Fulop is the founder and CEO of Desktop Metal, the global leader in 3D Printing technology for high volume mass production of metal, photopolymers and continuous carbon fiber parts.Prior to founding DM, Ric was a General Partner at North Bridge for five years following a fifteen-year career as an entrepreneur that spanned hands-on experience from seed to multiple IPOs. He is the founder of seven technology companies including A123Systems, which commercialized the first cobalt free Li Ion batteries in automotive.At North Bridge Ric led the Series A rounds in Onshape (acquired by NASDAQ: PTC), MarkForged, Salsify and Dyn (acquired by NASDAQ: ORCL). Ric led the North Bridge software and 3D investing practices. North Bridge was the original Series A investor in several of the companies that have changed the 3D landscape including SolidWorks (acquired by NASDAQ: DASTY), ProtoLabs (NASDAQ: PRLB), SpaceClaim (acquired by NASDAQ: ANSS) and Revit (acquired by NASDAQ: ADSK).In 2001, he founded A123 Systems, to commercialize the first automotive grade cobalt free Li ion battery chemistry with technology developed at MIT. At his departure the company had a public market capitalization of $1.5 billion, 1,800 employees with production facilities around the world and had shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in state-of-the-art energy storage systems. Today A123Systems is part of Wanxiang Group and is the market share leader in start/stop automotive ESS, heavy duty hybrid ESS, motorsports hybrid ESS (used by almost every team in F1 and 3 time winner of LeMans). Its products are used by almost every transportation OEM and it's grid battery spin-off has deployed over 750MW of commercial grid storage projects.Ric is a former World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, founding member and member of the Board of Governors of the World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing initiative, founding member of the WEF Global Lighthouse Network, founding member of the WEF Global Vanguard Community, former board member of Endeavor.org and former Board Member of the Electric Drive Transportation Association. Ric is an avid pilot and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School.

Jonah Myerberg is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Desktop Metal where he is responsible for leading the technical direction of Desktop Metal’s 3D printing solutions.

Prior to joining Desktop Metal in 2015, Myerberg held senior positions with a variety of organizations focused on high performance battery development, including Renovo Auto and Boston Impact, which he founded, and A123Systems. At A123Systems, Myerberg established and led the motorsports business unit which focused on the development of high performance batteries. His products were adopted by the majority of Formula One teams including McLaren, Force India, Mercedes Benz, RedBull and other high profile motorsports teams like the Porsche 919 team which won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2015 and 2016. He was also a race engineer for Porsche on the 919 team and for Mahindra Racing on their Formula E team. Additionally, he helped launch Gradiant Corp., where he managed the deployment and operation of large scale water desalination plants that converted fracking water into fresh water.

Myerberg earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from Johns Hopkins University.

Ric Fulop is the founder and CEO of Desktop Metal, the global leader in 3D Printing technology for high volume mass production of metal, photopolymers and continuous carbon fiber parts.Prior to founding DM, Ric was a General Partner at North Bridge for five years following a fifteen-year career as an entrepreneur that spanned hands-on experience from seed to multiple IPOs. He is the founder of seven technology companies including A123Systems, which commercialized the first cobalt free Li Ion batteries in automotive.At North Bridge Ric led the Series A rounds in Onshape (acquired by NASDAQ: PTC), MarkForged, Salsify and Dyn (acquired by NASDAQ: ORCL). Ric led the North Bridge software and 3D investing practices. North Bridge was the original Series A investor in several of the companies that have changed the 3D landscape including SolidWorks (acquired by NASDAQ: DASTY), ProtoLabs (NASDAQ: PRLB), SpaceClaim (acquired by NASDAQ: ANSS) and Revit (acquired by NASDAQ: ADSK).In 2001, he founded A123 Systems, to commercialize the first automotive grade cobalt free Li ion battery chemistry with technology developed at MIT. At his departure the company had a public market capitalization of $1.5 billion, 1,800 employees with production facilities around the world and had shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in state-of-the-art energy storage systems. Today A123Systems is part of Wanxiang Group and is the market share leader in start/stop automotive ESS, heavy duty hybrid ESS, motorsports hybrid ESS (used by almost every team in F1 and 3 time winner of LeMans). Its products are used by almost every transportation OEM and it's grid battery spin-off has deployed over 750MW of commercial grid storage projects.Ric is a former World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, founding member and member of the Board of Governors of the World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing initiative, founding member of the WEF Global Lighthouse Network, founding member of the WEF Global Vanguard Community, former board member of Endeavor.org and former Board Member of the Electric Drive Transportation Association. Ric is an avid pilot and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School.

Jonah Myerberg is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Desktop Metal where he is responsible for leading the technical direction of Desktop Metal’s 3D printing solutions.

Prior to joining Desktop Metal in 2015, Myerberg held senior positions with a variety of organizations focused on high performance battery development, including Renovo Auto and Boston Impact, which he founded, and A123Systems. At A123Systems, Myerberg established and led the motorsports business unit which focused on the development of high performance batteries. His products were adopted by the majority of Formula One teams including McLaren, Force India, Mercedes Benz, RedBull and other high profile motorsports teams like the Porsche 919 team which won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2015 and 2016. He was also a race engineer for Porsche on the 919 team and for Mahindra Racing on their Formula E team. Additionally, he helped launch Gradiant Corp., where he managed the deployment and operation of large scale water desalination plants that converted fracking water into fresh water.

Myerberg earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from Johns Hopkins University.

Ric Fulop is the founder and CEO of Desktop Metal, the global leader in 3D Printing technology for high volume mass production of metal, photopolymers and continuous carbon fiber parts.Prior to founding DM, Ric was a General Partner at North Bridge for five years following a fifteen-year career as an entrepreneur that spanned hands-on experience from seed to multiple IPOs. He is the founder of seven technology companies including A123Systems, which commercialized the first cobalt free Li Ion batteries in automotive.At North Bridge Ric led the Series A rounds in Onshape (acquired by NASDAQ: PTC), MarkForged, Salsify and Dyn (acquired by NASDAQ: ORCL). Ric led the North Bridge software and 3D investing practices. North Bridge was the original Series A investor in several of the companies that have changed the 3D landscape including SolidWorks (acquired by NASDAQ: DASTY), ProtoLabs (NASDAQ: PRLB), SpaceClaim (acquired by NASDAQ: ANSS) and Revit (acquired by NASDAQ: ADSK).In 2001, he founded A123 Systems, to commercialize the first automotive grade cobalt free Li ion battery chemistry with technology developed at MIT. At his departure the company had a public market capitalization of $1.5 billion, 1,800 employees with production facilities around the world and had shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in state-of-the-art energy storage systems. Today A123Systems is part of Wanxiang Group and is the market share leader in start/stop automotive ESS, heavy duty hybrid ESS, motorsports hybrid ESS (used by almost every team in F1 and 3 time winner of LeMans). Its products are used by almost every transportation OEM and it's grid battery spin-off has deployed over 750MW of commercial grid storage projects.Ric is a former World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, founding member and member of the Board of Governors of the World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing initiative, founding member of the WEF Global Lighthouse Network, founding member of the WEF Global Vanguard Community, former board member of Endeavor.org and former Board Member of the Electric Drive Transportation Association. Ric is an avid pilot and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School.