Edward Davis
Head of Strategy, Digital Manufacturing & 3D Printing at HP
- Role
- Head of Strategy, 3d Print Business Unit at HP
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Edward Davis
3D Printing technology and industry expertise. Led the investigation team and co-invented HP’s 3D Printing Multi Jet Fusion Technology. Co-founding member of HP’s 3D Printing Business. o U.S. Granted Patents: 10••••59, 10••••08, 10••••59, 10••••21, 54•••08. U.S. Patent Applications: 20•••••••73, 20•••••••75, 20•••••••40, 20•••••••06, 20•••••••74, 20•••••••94, 20•••••••85 • Diversity of experience, taking roles from OEM contract negotiation and program management, to technology tiger team invention, to developing and evangelizing business plan approval for new P&L, to analyzing industry patents and negotiating license agreements, to analyzing technology gaps to set up choicepoints on build/partner/buy/invest. • Strength in judgment of relevant customer differentiation and translating this into clear technology & business strategies. • Strength in verbal communication and presentation skills. Proven ability to take complex technical concepts into impactful marketing messages & v=-9Hzyq7kBQY & t=1s, & feature=youtu.be & t=3845, • Experience working globally, leading teams across continents from the Americas, Europe and Asia. • Leadership roles in starting a range of new businesses in a large corporation (3D Printing Industrial Printers, Home Photo Printing, Photo Kiosk Printer, Large Format Graphics Printers).
Experience
Head of Strategy, 3d Print Business Unit
Jun 2022 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Head of Strategy: Identify solution gaps to be filled for scale success in Digital Manufacturing and propose the best fit of organic or inorganic assets to fill these gaps. • Strategy and Industry Analysis: Lead the analysis market, industry and technical trends to set the strategy for the internally developed 3D solutions roadmaps, as well as to set the strategy for key external partnerships and investments. • Strategic Partnerships and Investment: Evaluating and negotiating potential commercial partnerships for solutions which complement internally developed HP solutions and fill strategic gaps in the HP product portfolio. • Sales and Digital Manufacturing Network Training and Sales Support: Developing and delivering training on selling industrial solutions to manufacturing personas. Developing and delivering key sales and channel event presentations tying our current product introductions to the long term vision of growth for additive manufacturing.
Education
UC San Diego
Master's degree, Executive Program
1996 — 1997
Michigan State University
Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering, 3.9/4.0
1983 — 1987
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