1. ABOUT ASHOK VARMA
Ashok has comprehensive domestic and international experience in advanced manufacturing technology start-ups, business
development, team building and enterprise management, coupled with an extensive engineering background. Ashok possesses
deep expertise in metal 3D printing technology, business development, and execution skills for generating rapid and profitable
growth, bringing very substantive enterprise value for share-holders and partners. Ashok has long term and extensive high
technology sales/marketing business experience in the North American, European, Asian and Indian subcontinent marketplaces.
Ashok entered the 3D metal printing industry in 2005 as the COO of The POM Group (now DM3D) while also remaining engaged in
other advanced manufacturing technology initiatives. He formed Vania Services LLC in 2007 and Efesto LLC in 2013 as vehicles for
global sales and acquisitive growth. Under his leadership/ownership, Efesto LLC broke all records in the metal 3D printing
industries by delivering two of the highest value/highest price/largest metal 3D printers in the history of this revolutionary industry.
He most recently founded Efesto-3DP FZE in Ajman Free Zone, UAE, to consolidate large scale metal 3D printing service bureau
projects in the Middle East and India regions. He has devoted his efforts and resources into building deep domain knowledge and a
pervasive and highly effective global sales and applications network to address opportunities in this explosive growth industry.
Ashok is an industry thought leader, market maker and master strategist for large and very large size metal 3D printing utilizing
Directed Energy Deposition (DED) technology with industrial and professional grade equipment. Efesto has close technology
partnerships with premium R&D institutes in USA, South America, Russia, Europe & Asia.
Efesto is currently engaged with investors and government agencies to establish best-in-class premium service bureaus for large
scale metal 3D printing in USA and India, and plans to replicate these bureaus across the globe. Efesto’s current focus is on
advanced applications including free-form fabrication of large/very large functional parts, hybrid manufacturing, functionally
graded fabrication, and repair/reconditioning of complex/expensive components for the Energy/Oil & Gas, Tooling/Die & Mold,
Mining/Construction, Aerospace, and Defense industries. Efesto’s applications are with metals including Titanium, Nickel, Cobalt,
Stainless and Low Carbon Steels, Tool Steels, Tungsten Carbide alloys and refractory metals including Tantalum and Tungsten. Efesto
also plans to build the next-generation very large “super”-LMD metal 3D printers in 2017-2018.
Ashok obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur, and his M.S. in Manufacturing
and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA. He is a regular speaker (inaugural and keynote
address) at leading conferences and trade shows around the world for 3D printing technology and applications.