Elissa Lopes

Elissa Silverman Lopes serves as the Sr. Manager of Product Marketing at Markforged since March 2019, with a progressive career in product marketing within the company. Prior to this role, Elissa held various positions in product marketing at the same organization. From July 2013 to March 2019, Elissa was employed at W. L. Gore & Associates, where responsibilities included Innovation Product Manager and Technical Lead, with significant achievements in customer interviews, hypothesis validation, and minimum viable product development. Earlier experience included roles as a New Product Development Engineer, focusing on filtration and high-temperature capacitor projects for the aerospace and oil & gas industries. Elissa graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Materials Science & Engineering from Lehigh University in 2013 and completed a course with the Product Marketing Alliance in 2020.