FREMONT, CA, Sep 25, 2026 – Velo3D has appointed Vic Fryzel executive vice president, technology and Robert Purnell senior director, operations. The appointments support production at Forge 1, Velo3D’s Livermore Production Campus in California.
“Expanding capacity is only part of our strategy. We also need the technology and operating discipline to turn that capacity into dependable customer delivery,” said Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D. “Vic is focused on platform reliability, repeatability and production economics, while Robert is focused on manufacturing readiness, quality and execution. Together, they connect our technology with how we manufacture and deliver for customers.”
Fryzel oversees Velo3D’s technology roadmap across hardware, software, materials, automation, process engineering, data and AI. His experience includes more than 20 years building and scaling hardware and software systems at Carbon, Meta, Lyft and Google.
“Metal additive has already proven its ability to produce extraordinary parts. The next chapter is making production more reliable, repeatable and economically compelling at scale,” said Fryzel. “My focus is connecting our technology, software and data to improve performance today while building for greater scale.”
Purnell leads the teams and operating systems responsible for safety, quality and delivery performance. He has held manufacturing leadership roles at Boeing, FormFactor and SpaceX’s Starlink, spanning aerospace and semiconductors. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
“We protect our people, which is safety. We protect our product, which is quality. And we protect our customers, which is delivery. In that order,” said Purnell. “Without the first two, delivery is impossible.”
Fryzel and Purnell also support Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solutions offering. The service gives customers access to production capabilities without establishing their own printer operations.
Source: Velo3D
About Velo3D
Velo3D is a U.S. metal additive manufacturing company founded in 2014 and based in Fremont, California. The company develops laser powder bed fusion 3D printers, print preparation software and quality assurance systems for metal part production. Its products include Sapphire printers, Flow print preparation software and the Assure quality control system. Velo3D also provides engineering support, training, maintenance and application services. The company serves aerospace, defense, aviation, energy, semiconductor and industrial manufacturing customers. Its systems produce metal parts for propulsion, energy, transportation and industrial applications. Velo3D designs and builds its laser powder bed fusion systems in the United States. The company reports more than 1,000 customers worldwide.
