Silicon Valley executive Arthur L. Chait named president of the Antigua Forum

GUATEMALA CITY, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Antigua Forum at Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM) announced that Arthur L. Chait has been named president.

Mr. Chait is the founder, past chairman, and CEO of EoPlex Inc., a company that developed a new type of 3D printing allowing the mass production of miniature devices from proprietary precursor "inks" that yield metals, ceramics, and glasses. The technology also enables the creation of complex internal open structures such as chambers and channels. EoPlex was backed by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador, Draper Richards, and ATA, and was recently acquired by ASTI Holdings. Mr. Chait has been an executive with Solectron Inc., Stanford Research Institute, Booz Allen, Zitel Inc., and Dresser Inc. He teaches entrepreneurship at Notre Dame de Namur and is a mentor at Stanford University's StartX accelerator.

Giancarlo Ibarguen, past president of UFM and chairman of the Antigua Forum, said "We are delighted that Arthur joined our team. His prior experience and leadership is critical to continuing the growth of the Antigua Forum and reaching new levels of excellence and worldwide recognition." 

About the Antigua Forum and UFM
The Antigua Forum is an exclusive, annual gathering of successful entrepreneurs and classical liberal reformers from around the world. It brings together this select group of experienced individuals who work to develop practical solutions to real-world issues in both private and public arenas. The format is unique and the group actively works in small teams with specialized facilitators using the Antigua Forum methodology. Projects and project owners are selected from those submitted for consideration by foundations, think tanks, entrepreneurs, policy experts, and individuals. The Antigua Forum is one of UFM's flagship programs and participants have come from over forty countries.
antiguaforum.ufm.edu

Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM) is a private university founded in 1971 and dedicated to teaching and disseminating the ethical, legal, and economic principles of a society of free and responsible persons. The university is a nonprofit, but is run like an entrepreneurial venture. All students, regardless of academic discipline, are required to study the causes and origins of the wealth of nations. UFM offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, computer science, dentistry, economics, law, education, architecture, medicine, psychology, social sciences, and theology.
ufm.edu

SOURCE Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM)

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