Velo3D, Inc. announced that Benny Buller has stepped down as the company?s Chief Executive Officer at the request of the Company?s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Buller will remain a member of the Company?s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has appointed Brad Kreger as Interim CEO, effective December 18, 2023 and the company has commenced a search for a permanent CEO.

Mr. Kreger has been Executive Vice President of Operations at the Company since December of 2022. Prior to Velo3D, he has held various executive positions overseeing, and rapidly scaling, manufacturing operations at a number of early and mid-stage companies including tenures at Affymetrix, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Fluidigm Corporation.