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Angie Szerlong

Questioner · DISC type c
Director of Industry Strategy at PMMI: The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Angie Szerlong is the Director of Industry Strategy at PMMI, leveraging over 25 years of experience dedicated to the additive manufacturing (AM) sector. Previously at SME, she was a leading advocate for AM adoption and instrumental in producing the RAPID + TCT event, North Americas largest AM trade show.

Her professional focus is on fostering community, connection, and strategic growth within the manufacturing industry. She is a vocal supporter of diversity and inclusion initiatives to bring varied perspectives to product design and technology development.

After spending 25 incredible years focused exclusively on the additive manufacturing industry, she recently pivoted to the packaging and processing technology sector.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director of Industry Strategy
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Personality Overview

How Angie shows up

Price-Sensitive
Cautious & Analytical
Not Easily Convinced

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Angie cares about

Additive Manufacturing
Dedicated 25 years of her career to the AM industry, serving as a leading advocate for its adoption across key manufacturing sectors.
Manufacturing Events
Was directly responsible for the production and strategy of RAPID + TCT, one of North America's largest and fastest-growing manufacturing trade shows.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Director of Industry Strategy
PMMI: The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies
10-2022 - 4-2026
Group Director -Events- AM Series
SME
10-2019 - 10-2022
Industry Manager - Additive Manufacturing
SME
4-2001 - 10-2019
Account Manager- 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing
SME
In the press

Media appearances

Angie Szerlong, SME Additive Manufacturing Industry Manager was on‑air with WXYZ, 7 Action News. Featured in Rapid3D Event News
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3DPOD Episode 202: RAPID 2024 with SME CEO Bob Willig and Angie Szerlong, SME Group Director of AM Events. Featured in 3DPrint.com
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Education
1995 - 1998
Education details unavailable
University of Minnesota
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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