Powering growth through Partnerships and Community strategies.

Hi, I'm a global partnerships leader in tech who translates between what companies build and what markets actually need. I connect the right organizations with the right customers so that technology reaches the people it was built for.

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Collaborators
FormlabsHead of Partnerships & Community, 10 years · $2B market leader in 3D printing
AutodeskSoftware integrations, brand partnerships
SMESociety of Manufacturing Engineers, VIP Stakeholder strategy
OnshapeSoftware-Hardware co-marketing campaigns
MITCo-innovation projects
MassMoCA1-year 3D printing installation project
Additional collaborators Hasbro, Mayo Clinic, NASA, FabFoundation, Rivian, Microsoft, OXO, Tapestry, SAP, WeWork, AWS, SolidWorks, ZBrush, Tulip, Tate Modern, NYFW, Zebra...
Case Studies
Digital Factory
Industry 4.0 Thought Leadership

Digital Factory Executive Program

Flagship Industry 4.0 thought leadership conference co-hosted with Autodesk.

  • Executive speakers from GE, AWS, Rockwell Automation, Autodesk, MIT, Tulip, Xometry
  • Ownership over program, sponsorship, operations, brand identity, and go-to-market
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Autodesk x Formlabs
Strategic Partnership

Autodesk x Formlabs: 9-Year Alliance

Global partnership across product, marketing, and customer teams.

  • Product integrations embedding Autodesk Fusion software with Formlabs hardware to streamline the shared workflow
  • Created a shared campaign reaching millions of engineers and designers across Americas, EMEA, APAC
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Formlabs Community
Community Strategy

Formlabs: Community & Advocacy at Scale

Constructed the full community infrastructure for the world's leading 3D printing company, spanning 150+ countries.

  • Global Ambassador Program across industries and continents
  • World's largest 3D printing conference, scaled to 20K registrants
  • Case study pipeline + Customer Advisory Board
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Gemela Design
Entrepreneurship, Brand

Gemela Design

Co-founder of a fine handmade metal jewelry brand.

  • Leveraging heritage craft and 3D printing processes
  • Ownership of Operations, Partnerships, GTM, and Sales
  • Recognized in Financial Times, Marie Claire, and NY Design Week
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Ways to work together
01

Partnership Strategy

Find the relationships that unlock growth.
  • Partner landscape mapping
  • Outreach, negotiation, deal structure
  • Joint GTM and co-marketing
  • Product integrations
02

Community Enablement & Customer Advocacy

Your customers are your best differentiator.
  • Case studies and testimonials
  • Experiential programs
  • Customer Advisory Boards
  • Digital community strategy
03

Customer-Led Growth

Closing the gap between what you build and what markets need.
  • Customer insight and positioning
  • Cross-functional alignment
  • Playbooks and capability building
  • Solo or embedded
My Approach

Set the strategy and roll it out.

I come in at the leadership level and stay through delivery. One person accountable for outcomes, not just recommendations. I can operate solo when you need it done fast.

Peer-to-peer, co-creative.

I work with founders and senior teams as a peer, not a vendor. Every engagement is built from scratch around the specific opportunity.

Data-led, human-centered.

My industrial engineering background and MBA means I lead with measurement and continuous improvement. My decade in partnerships means I know the best data comes from the people in the room.

About me
Diana Verdugo

20 years across advanced manufacturing, tech, and creative industries.

I started on factory floors — Lean engineering across Turkey, Brazil, and Germany, in aerospace, automotive, and industrial manufacturing. An ESADE MBA shifted my focus into partnerships and go-to-market, and I have spent the last decade in 3D printing translating complex technology into strategies that actually reach people.

I've lived and worked across four continents and love picking up languages as I go. Extremely curious by nature, I co-founded Gemela with my twin sister to explore design methods and storytelling through fine jewelry. I'm based in Brooklyn and my happy place is when I'm making something with my hands, 3D printing something, growing things you can eat or dusting off my violin.

LinkedIn
Thought Leadership
Berlin Business Office of New York: Culture x Tech Impact
2026
ESADE NY Alumni Board Member2026
Autodesk University: Propelling Digital Transformation Watch →
2022
RAPID & TCT Conference Speaker2022
Women in 3D Printing, Keynote Speaker Read →
2020
How to Start a Community Movement, Core77 Read →
2019
SXSW Panelist2019
Financial Times: Two MBA Grads Help Promote Artisans Read →
2013

Let's collaborate!

diana.p.verdugo@gmail.com