Justin Nardone

Justin Nardone is the Founder and CEO of Figur, a hardware company that is changing the way industries are manufacturing sheet metal components. He has over 15 years of experience in design and fabrication of supertall towers, kinetic buildings, digital fabrication and 3D printed structures. Early in his career he founded a company centered around designing human interfaces to technology for commercial and residential spaces. Following that he worked for Gehry Technologies – the software spinoff from architect Frank Gehry. He went on to work in Skidmore Owings and Merrill and then Thornton Tomasetti. At both firms he led several technology initiatives implementing custom developed software, advanced manufacturing processes, and even drone technology. His expertise in the use of digital fabrication technologies has allowed him to bridge the gap between digital design and advanced manufacturing.