Jeffrey Blank
Chief Executive Officer at Evolve Additive Solutions
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeffrey Blank is a results-driven CEO and product development leader with over 30 years of experience taking complex electro-mechanical systems from concept to high-volume manufacturing across consumer, enterprise, and B2B markets. He combines Stanford MSME design-systems engineering and an MBA with deep hands-on expertise in inkjet, additive manufacturing, optics, and materials—having conceived, led, or delivered 40+ products and scaled global engineering organizations. At Evolve Additive he now leads commercialization of STEP, a production-focused AM technology, after earlier executive roles at 3D Systems and Xerox where he built and scaled multi-hundred-person teams and multi-hundred-million-dollar programs. Known for marrying technical rigor with commercial strategy, he repeatedly translates novel technologies into reliable, cost-effective product lines and operational playbooks. Based in Portland, he balances executive leadership with a tinkerer’s curiosity—coding and making music in spare moments.
9 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Business Administration. Focused Disciplines Management Strategy, Masters of Business Administration. Focused Disciplines Management Strategy at University of PortlandBachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State UniversityMaster's degree Mechanical Engineering. Focused Disciplines; Design Systems Engineering, Master's degree Mechanical Engineering. Focused Disciplines; Design Systems Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (55)
todoist8
opengl7
vim-plugin7
windows7
linux7
neovim-plugin7
bind7
coc-nvim7
rust6
macos6
nvim6
vte6
lua6
vim6
bsd6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jeff-blank/otto
Mar 2018 - Jul 2021
Contributions:22 commits, 14 PRs, 14 pushes in 3 years 5 months
jeff-blank/wg
Mar 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:65 PRs, 166 pushes, 62 branches in 5 years
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