Industry veteran brings 20 years’ experience to
Markforged as the company accelerates growth
Markforged, creator of an integrated metal and carbon fiber
additive manufacturing platform, The Digital Forge, today announced
that industry veteran Ken Clayton will join the company as SVP,
Global Sales. In his role, Clayton will be responsible for setting
the company’s global sales strategy and driving a channel-first
go-to-market approach across North and South America, EMEA and
APAC. Clayton will be based in Markforged’s Watertown headquarters
and report directly to Markforged CEO Shai Terem.
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Clayton brings extensive industry experience to Markforged,
including 20 years with Dassault Systems’ SOLIDWORKS, a leading
provider of 3D CAD design and product data management software. At
SOLIDWORKS, he held leadership roles as the VP of North America, VP
of the Americas and SVP Worldwide Sales and delivered double-digit
growth in each of those years, achieving $1 billion in bookings in
2019. Most recently, Clayton served as the CEO of GoEngineer, the
number one Stratasys partner in North America and a leading
SOLIDWORKS reseller for total sales, as well as the number one
reseller of cloud products.
“Over my career, I’ve seen firsthand how the right tools and
technology can make a major impact for engineers and
manufacturers,” said Clayton. “The manufacturing supply chain has
never been more important, or more fragile, and Markforged’s
Digital Forge is the right tool to make it more resilient. The need
for this technology, coupled with Markforged’s own exciting
corporate trajectory, made joining Markforged an opportunity I
couldn’t turn down, and I can’t wait to see what the future
holds.”
“Markforged is reinventing manufacturing today so that our
customers can build anything they imagine tomorrow,” said Terem.
“We have 10,000 happy customers today, and we intend to grow that
number to 100,000 over the next five years. Ken will be
instrumental in helping us achieve that goal, and we know he’s the
right person for the job. We’re looking forward to seeing what we
achieve together.”
About Markforged
Markforged transforms manufacturing with 3D metal and continuous
carbon fiber printers capable of producing parts tough enough for
the factory floor. The Markforged Digital Forge brings the power
and speed of agile software development to industrial
manufacturing, combining hardware, software and materials to
eliminate the barriers between design and functional part.
Engineers, designers and manufacturing professionals all over the
world rely on Markforged metal and composite printers for tooling,
fixtures, functional prototyping and high-value end-use production.
Founded in 2013 and based in Watertown, MA, Markforged has more
than 250 employees globally. Markforged has been recognized by
Forbes in the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, and listed as the
#2 fastest-growing hardware company in the US in the 2019 Deloitte
Fast 500. In February 2021, Markforged announced it entered into a
definitive agreement to merge with one (NYSE: AONE), a special
purpose acquisition company founded and led by technology industry
veteran Kevin Hartz. The transaction is expected to close in the
summer of 2021, subject to regulatory and stockholder approvals,
and other customary closing conditions. The combined company will
retain the Markforged name and be listed on the NYSE under the
ticker symbol “MKFG.” To learn more about Markforged, please visit
https://markforged.com.
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