S. Scott Crump
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
S. Scott Crump has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board since Stratasys' inception in 1988, and he was Chief Financial Officer from February 1990 to May 1997. Crump along with his wife Lisa H. Crump, a co-founder of Stratasys, invented Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM®) technology.
From 1982 to 1988, Crump was co-founder and Vice President of Sales at IDEA, Inc., which later changed its name to SI Technologies, Inc. The company is a leading manufacturer of force, load and pressure transducers. Crump continued to be a director and shareholder of the company until its sale to Vishay Intertechnologies, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) in April 2005. Crump, a registered engineer, is the son of Ralph E. Crump, director of Stratasys, Inc.