Dr Ho Chaw Sing is the CEO of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), a Singapore government platform he co-founded as Managing Director at NTUitive in 2015 to catalyse innovation and scale industrial adoption of digital additive manufacturing technologies.

Since its inception, NAMIC has orchestrated hundreds of public-private partnerships focusing on translational research to develop and deploy industry-relevant AM technologies and solutions across multiple industry sectors.

Before joining the public sector, Chaw Sing was Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at HP Singapore, Printing and Personal Systems Group. Prior to this, he was the Global Head for Consumer Inkjet Supplies Business operations, overseeing manufacturing supply chain operations and product innovation in HP. Chaw Sing began his career in the semiconductor industry with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing - now part of GlobalFoundries, in various customer-facing technology and engineering operation leadership roles.

A technology-for-good advocate, Chaw Sing is passionate about growing a vibrant deep-tech start-up ecosystem in Singapore. He is active in scouting and mentoring promising technology companies. He is a frequent speaker at AM forums intersecting technology, industry and policy, such as the World Bank Group, Development Research Centre China, and the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. An active member in the global AM community, Chaw Sing co-chairs the ISO/TC 261 Additive Manufacturing Chair’s Advisory Group and the AM Technical Committee under Singapore Standards Council. He also serves in the ASTM AM Centre of Excellence Steering Committee and the Technology Advisory Panel at the Singapore Maritime Institute, among others.

A prolific inventor in his early career, Chaw Sing holds 48 US/international issued patents. He earned his doctorate (Ph.D) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bachelor (honours) in Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics), both from the National University of Singapore.

He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the College of Design and Engineering, where he lectures on Industry 4.0 topics in the areas of cyber-physical integration, computer-aided design and digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D Printing.