This week we welcome Mark Barfoot of Hyphen, a full-service, rapid prototyping and environmental testing center with Canada’s widest range of prototyping and environmental testing capabilities under one roof.

Mark is the managing director of Hyphen, and is responsible for overseeing Hyphen’s day-to-day operations.
Mark has a B.A.Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Professional Engineers Ontario.

Mark is also President on the board of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group. In his spare time, he mentors engineering design projects and competitions at the University of Waterloo, and serves on the Industrial Advisory Committee for the Waterloo Chair in Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

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This week, we welcome Mitch Menaker on the show to discuss "Ollie", the first self-driving vehicle to integrate the advanced cognitive computing capabilities of the IBM Watson. Mitch is the Chief Sales Officer for Local Motors, the leading 3D printing vehicle company in the world.

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This week, I welcome Eric Miller of PADT inc. on the show to discuss some of the latest news and technology developments in the world of 3D printing.

Eric is a co-owner of Tempe based PADT, Inc., where he is involved in providing tools and services to companies who design and manufacture physical products.

He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and has lived in Arizona since 1986.

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