Abdalla R Nassar is the Vice President of AM Forward Technologies at ASTRO America (The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan research institute and think tank. He leads initiatives to accelerate the adoption of advanced and additive manufacturing (AM) within the US defense industrial base. This includes conducting enabling research, supporting supplier technology access, and fostering workforce development. Previously, Dr. Nassar served as the Enterprise AM Lead for John Deere, where he developed and implemented global strategies and roadmaps for metal and polymer AM. His leadership resulted in the integration of AM into production, a 50% reduction in in-house metal AM production costs, the publication of new internal standards, and projected new AM product revenue growth in the millions. Prior to John Deere, he was a department head within the Materials Science Division of the Applied Research Laboratory and an Associate Research Professor at Penn State. There, he managed a team of faculty, engineers, and support specialists, executing research programs (TRL 1-8) to meet sponsor needs. He also developed and taught graduate level courses on AM principles and laser-materials interactions. Dr. Nassar has secured over $10 million in funding for government and industry projects, published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, and holds over a dozen patents and invention disclosures. He is a co-author of the 2023 textbook "Additive Manufacturing with Metals - Design, Processes, Materials, Quality Assurance, and Applications" (Springer).