AMUG Officers, Directors and Advisors

President

Shannon VanDeren
Layered Manufacturing and Consulting
President@amug.com

Shannon has led her company, Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, as an AM enthusiast and evangelist, and continues to create impact by identifying applications for innovation, ideation, cost savings, throughput, and manufacturing efficiencies.

Through her AM journey, she has built strategic partnerships and strong customer relationships within our community.  She has led the AMUG Medical Track for the past 8 years and was recognized by our peers with the Distinguished Innovator Operator (DINO) Award in 2017.

Shannon contributes to the AM community with other industry organizations as well… ensuring our community grows in health and application.

Vice President & Director

Nate Schumacher
NDS Consulting
VicePresident@amug.com

Nate Schumacher has been an AMUG member since 2016 and was honored with the DINO Award in 2019 for his contributions to the AM community and industry. He has served in several volunteer roles, including Co-Chair of the Track Leader Committee and member of the Agenda and Program Committee. With over 17 years of experience in additive manufacturing, he has worked across advanced manufacturing services, medical device research, and business strategy.

Nate is currently Principal at NDS Consulting and serves on the board of Linectra, a startup developing next-generation metal additive manufacturing technology. His prior roles include time with respected service provider Midwest Prototyping. He also co-founded the educational 3D printing startup Radiant Fabrication and holds multiple patents and publications in the field. Nate earned his B.S. from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Secretary & Director

Heather Natal
GoEngineer
Secretary@amug.com

Heather Natal graduated from the University of Illinois – Chicago with a BA in Communications, minoring in French and International Relations. Upon graduation, she took on a role with a CNC manufacturer and in 2009 got her first glimpse into the world of additive manufacturing. This has fueled her passion for educating both sides of the conversation on how these technologies fit together to allow for great possibilities for the future of manufacturing. In 2023, she was honored with an AMUG DINO for her dedication to serving AMUG, the additive manufacturing industry, and connecting people within it.

For the past 20 years, Heather has worked in progressive marketing and communications roles for various global companies on both the additive and traditional sides of manufacturing. She is currently the Marketing Product Manager for Manufacturing Solutions at GoEngineer.

Treasurer & Director

Robin Van Bragt
Eagle Plastics Plus LLC
Treasurer@amug.com

Robin will serve as Treasurer on the AMUG Board as of July 1, 2023, after attending what is now known as AMUG since 2001.

She is President of Eagle Plastics Plus LLC, a start-to-finish product development company ranging from concept/CAD design to in-house injection molding using 3d printing for design verification, prototypes and patterns for silicone molds. After attending her first AMUG conference, she was inspired to learn how to build parts on their in-house SLA machines. She was honored to receive the DINO award in 2021 and one of the only three recipients that are second-generation DINOs.

While the 3D printing process is intriguing and ever-challenging, the business side of things has also been a passion of hers and is excited to give back to the AMUG organization in this capacity.

Director at Large

Bruce LeMaster
Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC
DatLarge@amug.com

Bruce was the founder of Applied Rapid Technologies (ART), an additive manufacturing service provider established in 1996. Following the acquisition of ART by Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC in 2020, he remained with the company and serves as its Vice President of Manufacturing. He attended his first AMUG Conference in 1997 and has been active with the group since then. He served on the board from 2002 – 2007, serving as president twice. He is now the Director at Large and focused on the DINO, Finance, Collaboration, and International committees.

Bruce received the Distinguished INnovative Operator (DINO) Award in 2010. He enjoys working with STEM students at all grade levels to educate them on additive manufacturing technologies.

Director, Education & Conference

Alex Roschli
Oak Ridge National Laborator
DConfEd@amug.com

Alex Roschli has worked in additive manufacturing research since 2012. He currently serves as an R&D Staff Member at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where his research focuses on systems and software development for AM. Alex’s past research projects have included the world’s first 3D-printed car, a 3D-printed wet submarine, and the former Guinness World Record for largest 3D-printed part. Alex manages the development of the open-source slicing package, ORNL Slicer 2.

Alex has served at AMUG as a speaker, panel moderator, workshop facilitator, track leader, and committee co-chair. In 2023, Alex received a DINO Award.

Director, Marketing & Events

Kim Killoran
Stratasys
Marketing@amug.com

Kim Killoran has worked for Stratasys in marketing for over 16 years, first as a Marketing Specialist for the Dimension 3D Printing product line, then with growing responsibilities across all Stratasys products and verticals. She has hands-on experience managing a bank of office 3D printers, providing printed models for sales and marketing use. She also served as a Marketing Events Manager for the Americas region and then transitioned to marketing project management. She is currently the Senior Marketing Project Manager on the Marketing Strategy team at Stratasys.

Kim previously served on the AMUG Board as Secretary for 5 years and is still involved today as the Chair of the Marketing Committee. She received her AMUG DINO award at the 2017 AMUG Conference and has a passion for AMUG, the AM industry, and creating connections within the industry and Stratasys.

Director, Membership

Claire Belson Barnes
Markforged
DMembership@amug.com

Claire Belson Barnes graduated from the University of Alabama with MS and BS degrees in chemical engineering. She spent more than five years managing metal additive manufacturing in the control valve and industrial automation space for Emerson. During that time, Claire completed an expatriate assignment and fell in love with Singapore. She has also led a team of engineers improving the manufacturing of printed medical devices at a high-growth orthodontic startup. Currently, Claire is a senior application engineer at Markforged.

Claire started her AMUG career as the recipient of the Guy E. Bourdeau scholarship and has enjoyed volunteering on several committees over the years. She is excited to return to the Director of Membership position and continue contributing to the success of AMUG!