Avi Reichental
Trusted M&A Partner | Strategic Advisor to Boards & CEOs | Global Voice on Exponential-Tech Convergence, Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Robotics
Avi Reichental is a globally recognized industrialist, serial entrepreneur, and boardroom advisor known for guiding companies through transformation at the intersection of manufacturing, AI, Robotics and exponential technologies.
As Chairman of XponentialWorks, Avi leads a strategic growth and M&A advisory firm specializing in industrial digitization, AI-enabled supply chain resilience, and advanced manufacturing tech convergence. He partners with CEOs, boards, and private equity investors to unlock enterprise value through technology-driven transformation and precision M&A execution.
Avi also serves as CEO and Board Director of Quickparts, a leading on-demand digital manufacturing company serving the aerospace, defense, automotive, and medical device sectors. Under his leadership, Quickparts has accelerated its evolution into a modern, agile, and data-driven enterprise delivering mission-critical manufacturing at scale the world over.
Previously, Avi spent over twelve years as President & CEO and Director of 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD), where he led the company’s ascent from niche player to global market leader in additive manufacturing through a disciplined acquisition strategy and bold product innovation. Before that, he spent 22 years as a senior executive officer at Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE), driving operational excellence and strategic growth across multiple divisions worldwide.
Avi’s governance experiences spans public, private, and PE-backed boards, including as Chairman of Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM), Vice Chairman of Techniplas, Board Director at Harman International (NYSE:HAR) prior to its $8 billion acquisition by Samsung, and currently as a Board Member of Caresoft Global, a global automotive engineering and technology provider.
He also provided advisory services to leading global companies and private equity firms including EverZinc, Fiver, Stratasys, KPIT, Caresoft, DWS, OpenGate Capital, and several others across advanced manufacturing, industrial automation, and digital transformation domains.
A prolific entrepreneur, and inventor holding over 75 patents, Avi has co-founded and scaled multiple high-impact technology ventures including NXT Factory, ParaMatters, Centaur Analytics, Nexa3D, Invertex, Variant3D, and SmartDrone — each advancing the frontiers of additive manufacturing, generative design, AI, robotics, and IoT.
Recognized by Fortune as one of the Top 50 Business Leaders and by Popular Mechanics as one of the 25 Makers Reinventing the American Dream, Avi’s thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and The Next Web. His TED Talk on 3D printing has inspired nearly 3 million viewers globally.
He has also served as Faculty Co-Chair at Singularity University, Board Member at XPRIZE, and Trustee of the Smithsonian Design Museum — reflecting his lifelong commitment to innovation, education, and impact at scale.