Team

The Big Metal Additive team is made up of people who value hard work, exhibit high integrity and a sense of personal accountability, and practice kindness and acceptance of others. We are engineers, innovators, makers, communicators, problem-solvers, and occasionally comedians.


Take a moment and get to know the team at Big Metal Additive.

Slade Gardner, PhD
President and Founder
Andrea Barnes
Director of Quality Management
Ty Stranger-Thorsen
General Manager
Brock Sterling
Master Engineer
Misty Stranger-Thorsen
Office Manager
Grant Spencer
Manufacturing Engineer
Horacio Duarte Bernal
Manufacturing Engineer
Michael DeCapua
Mechanical Engineer
Bailey Cahill
Operations Specialist
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Justin Hartley
Arc and Automation Specialist
Alec Vitale
Advanced Manufacturing Technician
Kade Johnson
Intern