Dr Jack Gabzdyl is currently Business Development Manager at TRUMPF laser division a position held since 2021. Previously Jack was VP of Marketing & Business Development at SPI Lasers where he has worked in numerous roles since joining the company in 2007 developing fiber lasers and their applications. Jack has over 35 years of industrial laser materials processing experience and widely published with over 60 technical conference papers and articles/publications. Jack has a degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science and a PhD in laser material processing from Imperial College London in 1989, focused on laser cutting. Through his career Jack has been actively involved in the wider promotion of laser technology having been chair of the UK’s ‘Make it With Laser’ programme, UK delegate to the IIW and a committee member of AILU and a long term supporter of ICALEO. His contribution has more recently been recognised by election as a Fellow of the Laser Institute of America (LIA).