Mike Molnar is the founding director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, the interagency team coordinating the Manufacturing USA program. Mike also serves as the principal Commerce representative and co-Chair of the National Science and Technology Council, Subcommittee on Advanced Manufacturing.  Prior to joining federal service in 2011 Mike had a nearly 30-year industry career in advanced manufacturing, with leadership roles in manufacturing technology development, corporate manufacturing engineering, capital planning, meteorology, quality systems, robotics and flexible automation, and computer integrated manufacturing systems.