Tonight’s NIC Monthly Meeting ThomasNet.com – Finding USA Resources

Cathy Ma will present inventors invaluable information on how to find and research potential partners for making your prototype, finding engineers, CAD drawings (3d drawings) contract manufacturers for production, answer your questions about what the differences are between distributors, manufacturers, wholesalers using the Thomasnet platform.

Cathy Ma is the Vice President of Platform Growth and Engagement for Thomas, North America’s leading industrial sourcing and marketing platform, a Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) company. We empower businesses, ranging from promising startups to veteran Fortune 1000s, with our groundbreaking digital marketplace that offers manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing service, CNC machining, laser cutting.

A former Wikipedia sociologist, Cathy is an international growth leader with 15+ years of experience developing audience strategies across global organizations, including Moody’s Analytics, Interbrand, and Yahoo. Her recent research examining the impact of COVID-19 on the manufacturing sector was cited in Design News, EE Times, and McKinsey’s industry analysis, among others.