As president and founder of Aligned Vision, Scott Blake has pioneered digital manufacturing technologies including 3D industrial laser projection and AI-driven large-field automatic inspection. He holds three patents in the area of automatic inspection, and his Composites Manufacturing Process Control System, forerunner of Aligned Vision’s BUILDGUIDE process control system, garnered him the 2000 National Tibbetts award for SBIR work. Blake is currently leading his team to integrate AI-driven inspection and laser projection into the Industry 4.0 digital thread for a broad spectrum of industrial applications.