MEP EP#278: Design With Manufacturing - Altium and MacroFab
Altium's Chief Ecosystem OfficerHead of Nexar, Altium's cloud business unitHolds a M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University, a B.S in. Oceanographic Technology from Florida Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from IE Business School, Madrid, SpainChris ChurchIs a founder and the Chief Product Officer at MacroFabHas been working in the software industry for over twenty years, with a focus on robotics and electronics over the last decadePrior to MacroFab, he founded Dynamic Perception and Alert LogicRecent fundraising press releaseAltium's goals around connecting design engineers to manufacturing dataPerspective on the role and level of control engineers have in manufacturing?Will engineers take on a much bigger role with electronics production?What about engineers being equally important to the supply chain and procurement process?What are you hearing from the engineers themselves? Are they pushing Altium to do more to enable manufacturing?What exactly is Nexar? How do you envision these services evolving?How MacroFab and Altium will work together to improve the design to manufacturing experienceWhat are y’all looking forward to the most with this collaboration?