Governance at a Glance

Chair
Member
Board Members Audit Compensation Nominating and Corporate Governance

Arun Jeldi

Dr. Adrian Keppler

Stefan Krause

Jason Lloyd

Kenneth Thieneman

Committee Charters

Arun Jeldi

Mr. Jeldi, 44, was appointed to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company in December of 2024.  Mr. Jeldi has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of several companies over the past five years. Since October 2019, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Indiana Healthcare Solutions LLC, DBA Ink Staffing, a national healthcare staffing agency. Since December 2020, he has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Lite Magnesium Products Inc., which designs and manufactures magnesium-based products and components for the aerospace, automotive and other industries.  Since June 2023, he has served as  Chief Executive Officer and President of Crown Magnesium Inc., which extracts pure magnesium from ore materials.  In addition, since June  2023, Mr. Jeldi has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Arrayed Additive, Inc., which is engaged in magnesium and aluminum lightweight alloy additive manufacturing (3D printing) for the aerospace and defense industries.

Dr. Adrian Keppler

Dr. Keppler is the chief executive officer of AM Scalation, an additive manufacturing consulting company, which he founded in April 2021. He previously held multiple positions at EOS GmbH (“EOS”), a global provider of 3D printing solutions, including serving as managing director from October 2019 to March 2021, chief executive officer from May 2017 to September 2019 and chief marketing officer from October 2012 to April 2017. Prior to EOS, he held different management positions within Siemens AG, a global manufacturing and technology company headquartered in Munich. Dr. Keppler currently serves on the advisory boards of Incus GmbH, a 3D printer manufacturer, AMFlow, a provider of end-to-end automation for 3D-printing factories, and Roboze, an industrial 3D printer manufacturer. He also serves as an industry advisor to PartsCloud GmbH, a provider of cloud-based logistics for spare parts, and as a member of the board of directors of Sun Metalon, Inc., a metal 3D printing manufacturer. Dr. Keppler holds a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and a degree in in Business Administration from the University of Zurich.

Stefan Krause

Stefan Krause has served as a member of Velo3D's board of directors since February 2021. He was the founder and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Canoo, an electric car company, from December 2017 to May 2020. He has served on two DAX Company Management Boards from May 2002 until December 2015. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Bank AG and had held positions of increasing seniority at BMW AG, an automotive company, that began in 1987, where he eventually served as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Krause has served on many boards of public companies in Europe and the U.S. Mr. Krause holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration and Management from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg.

Jason Lloyd

Jason Lloyd has been the vice president of Maritime Engineering and Design of TotalTek since August 2024. He previously served as the chief engineer at Naval Sea Systems Command from May 2020 to June 2024. Prior to this tour, Lloyd held multiple positions at Newport News Shipbuilding, including commanding officer of supervisor of shipbuilding from 2017-2020 and as the first reactor officer on USS Gerald R. Ford from 2013 to 2016. Rear Admiral (ret) Lloyd holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University.

Kenneth Thieneman

Kenneth Thieneman is the founder and chief executive officer of Thieneman Construction, Inc., a self-performing environmental general contractor specializing in water and wastewater treatment projects since 1999. He held multiple positions at Bowen Engineering, a nationwide industrial water and CCR construction expert, including serving as the vice president from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Thieneman also is the co-inventor of Algaewheel, the world's most commercially advanced algal wastewater treatment technology with patents in twenty countries, and he serves as the vice president operations since 2005. Prior to this, he established Thieneman Homes in 2000 and Thieneman Properties, LLC in 2007. Mr. Thieneman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and management from Purdue University.