Additions to the Executive Team and Staff Allow PADT to Better Serve Customers Across New and Existing Business Units
Our sales and support team is the part of PADT that the largest number of customers interact with. Over two decades we have grown our offering from the core Ansys product in Arizona to representing half a dozen different simulations, 3D Printing, and scanning solutions across the US. that is why we decided to step back and take a look at the leadership and structure of our team and create three new positions that allow our sales professionals and engineers to better serve our customers.
You can read the details below in the press release. The primary changes are the promotion of two leaders, Kathryn Pesta and Ted Harris to the Director level where they will oversee expanded teams in sales operations and simulation technical support. We have also created a new team, Enterprise Solutions & Alliances, and appointed Alan McNeil as Director. Under the restructuring, Doug Oatis is taking over our Simulation application engineering team.
These changes are on top of the addition of Jim Sanford as VP of Sales and Support at the beginning of the year and new agreements with EOS to distribute and support their metal 3D Printers and #handsOnMetrology for their scanning solutions.
Our longstanding partners, Ansys, Stratasys, and Flownex, and users of their tools will also benefit from these developments. At the same time, we continue to add experienced engineers to our award-winning support team and seasoned professionals to our respected sales teams. Read below to learn more about these new staff members, and visit our careers page if you or someone you know wants to join our growing family. You can view a quick update on the nine new employees who joined PADT in the first half of 2021 at the bottom of our July newsletter.
You can also view the official press release in HTML or PDF.
As always, If you have any questions about these changes or want to learn more about the amazing products, contact us.
Press Release:
PADT Announces Leadership Team Expansion to Support the Growth of 3D Printing and Simulation Business Units
Additions to the Executive Team and Staff Allow PADT
to Better Serve Customers Across New and Existing Business Units
TEMPE, Ariz., August 3, 2021 ─ PADT, a globally recognized provider of numerical simulation, product development, and 3D printing products and services, today announced the expansion of its 3D printing and simulation sales and support team with the addition of new members and management. The executive growth includes a new hire and two promotions. Alan McNiel joined as the director of Enterprise Solutions & Alliances, Ted Harris has been promoted to director of Simulation Support and Kathryn Pesta has been promoted to director of Sales Operations. The additions to the executive team are necessary to support the overall rise in demand for PADT’s sales and support offerings.
“As the U.S. begins to recover from the pandemic and gets back to business, we’re seeing significant demand for simulation tools and advanced 3D printing systems and materials,” said Ward Rand, co-founder and principal, PADT. “To meet this demand and serve our customers, PADT is bolstering our executive teams with the hiring of an industry-leader in Alan McNiel and the promotion of two of our most tenured and capable employees, Ted Harris and Kathryn Pesta.”
The newly appointed directors’ responsibilities include:
- McNiel is now leading the newly created Enterprise Solutions and Alliances team. He is focused on the sale of Ansys, Stratasys, and EOS products to enterprise customers, growing Flownex in North America, as well as expanding new industry alliances.
- Harris will restructure the company’s award-winning software support team to be aligned with expanded product offerings and drive optimal customer outcomes.
- Pesta is leading a reengineering of PADT’s sales and support operations to meet the changing demands and increasing size of the company’s customer base.
Along with these management changes, PADT has recently added experienced salespeople to the Ansys and Stratasys sales team. The hiring of Mike Borsum in California, Brandyn Small in Texas and Brian Basiliere in Arizona as account managers will bolster PADT’s growing presence in California, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona, respectively. Additionally, Shane Stahl has joined PADT to represent EOS for the western U.S. Multiple additional sales positions will be filled across the country in the second half of 2021.
Bolstering PADT’s technical staff, electrical engineers Kang Li, PhD and Akimun Alvina have recently been added. Li, located in Arizona, specializes in motors and electrification, while Alvina, located in Colorado, is a high frequency antenna specialist. As part of the transformation, former PADT team lead Doug Oatis has been promoted to engineering manager over the customer facing simulation application engineer team, while Harris assumes the role of acting manager over the simulation engineering support team. The 3D Printing technical team also increased its capability with the addition of Chase Wallace as an additive manufacturing application engineer.
“To support our customers across the U.S., PADT has worked hard to add talent in new and existing regions, as well as new products and capabilities, as quickly as possible,” said Jim Sanford, vice president, Sales and Support, PADT. “Our continued growth is truly a testament to our people and the technical excellence they’ve displayed despite the challenges of the last year and a half.”
PADT experienced significant growth in 2021, which began in April when it partnered with EOS to improve its additive manufacturing product offerings, resulting in the immediate addition of five advanced EOS metal 3D printing systems to its portfolio. The company also partnered with GOM and the #HandOnMetrology Network in May to add new products and capabilities in 3D scanning. The additions to the management team and new partnerships exemplify PADT’s commitment to growth based on long-term success providing customers with the technical and business solutions they need to design and improve their products.
To learn more about PADT’s growth story please visit www.padtinc.com.
About PADT
PADT is an engineering product and services company that focuses on helping customers who develop physical products by providing Numerical Simulation, Product Development, and 3D Printing solutions. PADT’s worldwide reputation for technical excellence and experienced staff is based on its proven record of building long-term win-win partnerships with vendors and customers. Since its establishment in 1994, companies have relied on PADT because “We Make Innovation Work.” With over 90 employees, PADT services customers from its headquarters at the Arizona State University Research Park in Tempe, Arizona, and from offices in Torrance, California, Littleton, Colorado, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Austin, Texas, and Murray, Utah, as well as through staff members located around the country. More information on PADT can be found at www.PADTINC.com.
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