Steve Fournier is currently Additive Manufacturing (AM) department Sr. manager at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems inc. (GA-ASI), where he drives AM strategic growth plans, industrial flight hardware production operations, next generation AM applications and technology insertion, working together with his team and stakeholders. He is also managing the Additive Design & Manufacturing Center of Excellence at GA-ASI since 2018. With a graduate degree background in Engineering Physics, his 23+ yrs of professional experience spans from high energy/power laser development and manufacturing with Coherent, US Department of Energy project management at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, engineering management and business development at KLA-Tencor semiconductors in Silicon Valley, California, to aerospace and defense AM manufacturing leadership at GA-ASI. He has over 15 years of experience as AM user, AM team developments, technical college AM teaching, and R&D experience with multiple metal, polymer and tooling AM technologies.