3D printing company Formlabs has appointed former Autodesk executive Carl Bass as an independent director of the company.

Mr. Bass also serves on the boards of directors of Autodesk, HP, and Zendesk; on the board of trustees of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Art Center College of Design, and California College of the Arts; and on the advisory boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science, UC Berkeley School of Information, and UC Berkeley College of Engineering.

Mr. Bass held a series of executive positions during his 24 year tenure at Autodesk, including 11 years as CEO. Earlier, he was a co-founder of Ithaca Software, which was acquired by Autodesk in 1993.

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