Avi Reichental is one of the world’s leading authorities on exponential tech convergence. Avi is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of XponentialWorks, an advisory and product development company and the General Partner of OurCrowd’s Cognitiv Ventures fund.

Avi holds several corporate leadership roles including chairman of Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM), vice-chairman of Techniplas, chairman and co-founder of Nexa3D, Vice Chairman ofDWS, chairman and co-founder of NXT Factory, and chairman and co-founder of Centaur. Reichental also sat on the board of Harman (NYSE:HAR) until its sale to Samsung.

In 2014, he was named by Popular Mechanics as one of the top 25 Makers Who Are Reinventing the American Dream, and was listed by Fortune magazine in 2013 as a top 50 business leader. His acclaimed TED talk about the future of 3D printing has garnered more than 2.5 million views.

As the former president, CEO and director of 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) for 12 years, Reichental built the company into a formidable global 3D printing leader.

Reichental actively contributes his knowledge and insights as a contributor to Forbes, Money Inc and TechCrunch. He is a core faculty member at Singularity University, a member of the XPRIZE board, and a trustee of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum.