If you are interested in having Ron help you with your business, just send him a message. His email is in Ron's Bio and Ron's Resume.

He is interested in supporting organizations as a Director or Advisor, and is also, interested in CEO roles in fun businesses that are focused on rapid growth or a turnaround. His strength is in postive change while his weakness (one of them anyway) is in maintaining the status quo.

Passion and Goals

Passion:
- The art and science of business development and execution
- The development of people willing to invest in themselves (leadership)
- The pursuit of "making the world better" through innovation and entrepreneurship

Goals:
- Become a great business builder of my time
- Be a developer of leaders
- Be considered a world class leader
- Change the world for the good by helping others pursue their passion

Here are a few tidbits about Ron:

Name: Ronald L. Hollis born in 1966

Family: Married since 1992 to Melanie Hollis with a son, Jackson, born April 2007

Degrees: BSME, MSE, & Ph.D in Engineering

Favorite Colors: Crimson Red and Navy Blue

Favorite Books: Good to Great; In Search of Excellence; Execution; Straight from the Gut

Most Influential Books: Laws of Success by Napoleon Hill

Favorite Movies: Hoosiers; Rudy; Top Gun; Days of Thunder

Favorite Music: Alabama; Hootie; Nelly; McGraw; Chesney

Favorite Food:  Southern; meat/potatoes; sushi; chicken

Hobbies: Aviation (Private Pilot-IFR); Boating (Lake Lanier and Sailing in BVI)

Here is a list of some of my proudest professional accomplishments:

- Author of Better Be Running!: Tools to Drive Design Success

- Founder and FORMER President & CEO of Quickparts.com, the market leader for custom parts

- Inventor/Patent-holder for of Online Instant Quoting for Custom Parts (7,305,367)

- Distinguished Alumni for UAH School of Engineering

- Being a YPO member

- Deloitte Fast 500 Technology Company- 3 years

- MIT/INC Birthing of Giants Graduate

- Catalyst “Innovator of the Year”

- INC 500 Company President

- Entrepreneur Magazine Hot 100 President

- Catalyst “Built To Last” nominee for Quickparts

- E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

- Catalyst Top 50 Entrepreneurs of Atlanta

- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year Finalist

- Featured in Catalyst Magazine for Quickparts

- Featured in Catalyst Magazine for Ron Hollis

- Being a product YEO member in the Atlanta Chapter

- Professional Engineer of the Year

- Young Engineer of the Year (ASME)

  Here is a list and link to publicity that we have achieved.

2012.01_Junior Achievement Interview_Ron on Entrepreneurship- 30MB file

 2011.04_PDD Blog- Do Customers Expect Too Much?.pdf
2011.02.25_Quality Digest- The Future's So 3-D.pdf
2011.01_PDD Blog- The Correlation between the Economy & Product Development.pdf
2010.12_PDD Blog- My Prediction for 2020 in an Additive World.pdf
2010.12_PDD Blog- What's Next for the Rapid Prototyping Industry.pdf
2010.12.01_Desktop Engineering_Evolution of Rapid Technologies.pdf
2010.11.29_PDD Blog- The Brainstorm: 3D Imaging and Scanning.pdf
2010.11.18_Machine Design.com_Sea-Creature Video Captured with Help from an SLS Part.pdf
2010.11_PDD Blog- What Keeps Additive Manufacturing Stuck in the Present.pdf
2010.10_PDD Blog- The Growth of the Consumer Industry.pdf
2010.10.01_Appliance Design_Which RP Material is Best?.pdf
2010.09.21_Medical Design Technology.com_Parts Without Limits.pdf
2010.09.14_Desktop Engineering_Check it Out: Quickpart's QuickCutCNC.pdf
2010.09_PDD Blog- A Fertile Field.pdf
2010.08.18_Plastics Today.com_Inventor's device helps you get your game on...your phone.pdf
2010.08_PDD Blog- DDM—When Polishing the Pig.pdf
2010.08.10_Machine Design.com - Online Service Provides Quick RP.pdf
2010.07_PDD Blog- Aluminum, Steel, World Cup - Who Cares?.pdf
2010.06_PDD Blog- How to Choose the Best RP M.pdf
2010.05_PDD Blog- 3D Printers And The Consume.pdf
2010.04_PDD Blog- The Proliferation of 3D Pri.pdf
2010.03_Manufacturing Today_Quickparts.pdf
2010.03_PDD Blog-The Power of Rapid Prototyping.pdf
2010.02_PDD Blog- 10 Years Ago A Paradigm Shift Began.pdf
2009.12_GeorgiaTrend_MiddleMarketFast40.pdf
2009.12_Modern Plastics-Rise and Fall of RP.pdf
2009.06_Mold Making Technologies-RP+Mold Making=Profits.pdf
2009.03.26_Cadalyst - Almost Real - RP Overview .pdf
2009.03.26_Product Design & Development - Natural Innovation .pdf
2009.03_23_Inventors Digest - It's Not What You Expect But What You Inspect -Hollis.pdf
2009.03 - Mechanical Engineering- Democratization of Manufacturing.pdf
2009.01.26_Machine Design.com - Selecting a Rapid-Service Bureau.pdf
2008.07 - Product Design & Dev - Simulation Software vs. Performing An Actual Test.pdf
2008.07 - Inventors Digest - Better Be Running Review.pdf
2008.06 - Fortune Small Business - Get Customers To Sell For You.pdf
2008.01 - SolidEdge Community Getting to Know Quickparts CEO Ron Hollis.pdf
2008.01 - CATIA Community Get to know Quickparts CEO Ronald Hollis.pdf
2008.01 - Smart Business Disciplined Growth.pdf
2007.12 - Product Design & Dev - A Revoluntionary Technology Patent Pending.pdf
2007.08 - Low-Volume Manufacturers Association Who's Who.pdf
2006.07 - Press Release - Graduates from BOG Program.pdf
2004.11- Catalyst Magazine - Innovator of Year.pdf
2004.06 - Entrepreneur of the Year.pdf
2004.06 - Atlanta Business Chronicle - Hollis Leads With Discipline and Passion.pdf
2004.05 - Atlanta Business Chronicle - Small Business Person of the Year.pdf
2004.05 - Small Business Person of the Year Program.pdf
2003.12 - Are You Tracking Account Receivables.pdf

Here is a list of my career path:

CLSI

2011

Focused on helping CEOs and Entrepreneurs solve business problems that are holding back the success of their company. Enjoy applying the logic of business science with the art of human variability.

Quickparts.com, Inc (Atlanta, GA)
1999-2011
Founder/President & CEO

Sold Quickparts.com to 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) in February 2011.

Quickparts.com is the market leader for providing custom parts to product development companies. We were the first company to provide Internet-based instant quoting and procurement of built-to-order (custom) parts for the product development industry. We have earned many awards including INC 500 and Entrepreneur Hot 100.

Rapid Tech Engineering (Huntsville, Alabama)
1997-1999
Founder/President
Rapid Tech Engineering, which became Quickparts.com, provided product development services through the vertical integration of advanced engineering technologies. Primary duties include managing the daily operations of the business to ensure efficiency and profitability, which include evaluating new business ventures, markets and customer targets.

Fastec Engineering (Huntsville, Alabama)
1996 - 1997
Vice President
Fastec Engineering was a manufacturer of plastics and provider of engineering services. After becoming the majority share holder and taking over the business operations, we were able to turn the near-bankrupt business around to be cash flow positive in 12 months.

Alabama Industrial Development Training (Huntsville, Alabama)
1993 - 1995
Technology Center Manager
AIDT is an economic development agency for Alabama. I was responsible for the management of a multi-million dollar advanced technology center responsible for providing consulting and support services to companies in Alabama with the implementation of technology into their business. Primary areas of implementation were in product development using CAD, rapid prototyping and advanced manufacturing
processes.

The Boeing Company (Huntsville, Alabama)
1990 – 1993
Design Engineer/Systems Engineer
Boeing was the developer of the International Space Station. I served in the Systems Engineering group to provide overall systems design and management for the operations of the Space Station program. I transferred to the Engineering Design Team and became responsible for the design and development of the guide rails and mounting hardware for module hatches on the Space Station program.

Here is a list of my educational accomplishments:

Ph.D. in Engineering (Manufacturing and Business)
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)
Huntsville, Alabama

Master of Science in Engineering Management
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)
Huntsville, Alabama

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Honor Societies: Tau Beta Pi Engineering , Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics, Golden Key Honor Society

Registered Professional Engineer in Alabama

MIT/Birthing of Giants

Napoleon Hill’s Science of Success Course

Here are some of the organizations and activities in which I have invested my time:

- Young President's Organization (YPO)

- Young Entrepreneur's Organization (YEO) - President of the Atlanta Chapter 2 years in a row

- Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF)

- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) - Owner of a Mooney M20P

My international travels includes:

- Asia - Hong Kong, China, Japan

- Europe - Austria, Belgium, The Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands

- Australia

- The Americas - Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile 

- Caribbean - Jamaica, The US Virgin Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Bahamas

Previous Acitivities and Organzations:

- Adjunct Professor at UAH - Taught courses on Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing

- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Former chapter officer in Huntsville, AL

- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)