Markforged Completes Leadership Team with the Appointment of Andrew Hally as Chief Marketing Officer

January 11, 2022 at 08:30 AM EST

Experienced Leader to Help Drive Brand Awareness and Accelerated Growth of The Digital Forge

Markforged, creator of the integrated metal and carbon fiber additive manufacturing platform, The Digital Forge, today announced that Andrew Hally has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective Jan. 4, 2022. As a member of the Company’s executive leadership team, Hally will be based in Markforged’s global headquarters in Watertown and report directly to Shai Terem, Markforged President and Chief Executive Officer.

Hally brings 25 years of deep, diverse technology marketing experience to this newly created role. As a results-driven, people-minded leader, Hally will oversee the Company’s entire marketing operations from strategy and brand positioning, to demand generation, through all aspects of product and corporate marketing and communications. He will work cross-functionally across the business to align and amplify marketing efforts with Markforged’s accelerated growth plans and goals.

“The most interesting years of my early career combined hardware and software technology breakthroughs to accelerate 3D design and prototyping,” said Hally. “Today, the advance of 3D printing into end-use parts promises to transform manufacturing across industries, with benefits not only for engineers and firms but also for the environment and society. I’m honored and excited to join the team at Markforged to help realize this important vision.”

Hally joins Markforged from Bynder, a global leader in digital asset management, where as CMO he and his team scaled up pipeline generation, established customer marketing and formalized account-based marketing. Previously, he served as CMO at Allego, a leading sales enablement platform provider. He has also held marketing leadership positions at Cazena, Bullhorn, Unica and SensAble Technologies, where he first experienced the transformative power of 3D printing. Hally holds a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University.

“Every day, our team works enthusiastically because we believe in the potential of The Digital Forge and how it can reinvent manufacturing,” said Terem. “We are excited to welcome Andrew to our team to help harness the excitement to deliver this message to all of our stakeholders. As an innovative leader with experience leading marketing teams for high growth companies, Andrew will help us ensure Markforged, and The Digital Forge, are seen as a critical player and thought leader in building the future of distributed manufacturing.”

About Markforged

Markforged (NYSE: MKFG) is reimagining how humans build everything by leading a technology-driven transformation of manufacturing with solutions for enterprises and societies throughout the world. The Markforged Digital Forge brings the power and speed of agile software development to industrial manufacturing, combining hardware, software, and materials to solve supply chain problems right at the point-of-need. Engineers, designers, and manufacturing professionals all over the world rely on Markforged metal and composite printers for tooling, fixtures, functional prototyping, and high-value end-use production. Markforged is headquartered in Watertown, Mass., where it designs its products with over 350 employees worldwide. To learn more, visit www.markforged.com.

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