Andrew (He/Him) is the CEO and Co-founder of Arch, working with top-tier global manufacturers to drive intelligent actions from machine and factory data for efficiency and predictability at scale. Andrew has published over 20 scientific papers in the fields of semiconductor electronics, electronics manufacturing, and renewable energy. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stanford where he fabricated world record silicon photoanodes enabled by a background building custom fabrication and inspection equipment in collaboration with top semiconductor equipment vendors. Andrew also helped build StartX, a top worldwide startup accelerator that invested over $200M across various companies. Outside of Arch you can find Andrew spending time with his family, sports, or advising other technologists and entrepreneurs around Silicon Valley.
Adrian has spent over 20 years in customer-facing positions ranging from sales and marketing, to fulfilment and account management. His career focus has been on problem solving and development within emerging and rapid growth segments to enable customer success across a wide range of industries from Hi Tech to Retail and Logistics and across multiple disciplines such as Supply Chain, Manufacturing Simulation and Analytics.
Ron WATKINS has spent 11 years at Dassault Systèmes, helping customers realize their strategic vision of deploying virtual twin experience-based manufacturing solutions. He currently serves as the company’s Worldwide DELMIA Industry Process Expert for the high-tech and aerospace & defense markets. Ron has more than 25 years of specialized experience in the MES/MOM and ERP space in the areas of planning, manufacturing, quality, warehouse, and collaboration.