Last week, Scott Rothrock, the chief technology officer at news media outlet Politico, packed up his desk and made his way to the door with a new business in mind. Today, Rothrock is the senior vice president of software engineering for 50-person Xometry, which plays in the customizable, 3D printing-centric, on-demand manufacturing industry.
Xometry is a quickly growing company which DC Inno learned has plans to double in headcount before year's end.
Rothrock joined Arlington, Va.-based Politico in March of last year. He previously served as the vice president of engineering for Rockville, Md.-based business intelligence and analytics company Appfluent and also spent time in various management roles for football media website Goal.com, medical information website HealthCentral and professional services company Accenture (ACN).
"I'm thrilled to leverage my experience building software platforms at scale to another industry"
In an interview with DC Inno, Rothrock said "I'm thrilled to leverage my experience building software platforms at scale to another industry undergoing a transformation moving from analog to digital."
Xometry is led by CEO Randy Altschuler, a veteran software executives that previously exited two large tech companies via acquisition. Xometry is the developer of a software platform that helps streamline manufacturing orders and also the owner of two high-tech, small-batch manufacturing facilities in Maryland.
"The more innovative the U.S. manufacturing industry can be, the more we can meet the needs of American businesses and help them drive their own innovation in their own categories. We see Manufacturing as a Service as a key growth opportunity for the industry," Altschuler said in a previous interview.
To date, the firm has raised $16 million from private investors. In October, the Bethesda company raised $8.8 million led by Highland Capital Partners. At present, they roughly boast 16,000 companies as customers, including high-profile brands like NASA, Raytheon, P&G, General Electric and Toyota.
"Adding Scott to our Management team is a key step for us as we continue to focus on making the customer experience of ordering custom parts online as easy as possible. Scott's background at Politico as well as his previous experience at companies like Appfluent demonstrate his ability to deliver on outstanding customer experience at scale," Altshuler wrote in an email, Tuesday.
