Daniel Herrington

Background

About Daniel Herrington

Daniel is currently CEO of Voxel Innovations and focused on creating high-value metal components for the aerospace and energy industries utilizing next-generation Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM) technology. Creating precision parts from advanced metal alloys is a growing challenge facing customers in Voxel's target industries. Our PECM processes permits novel designs, produces higher quality parts, and can decrease costs through speed or operational improvements that is unmatched by competing technologies.From 2005 to 2011 Daniel was a professional racecar driver in the IndyCar and Grand-Am series, winning multiple races and raising over in sponsorship funds. During his time at Duke University, Daniel worked extensively on commercialization, business development, and research projects for a number of companies outside of the university including Acorn Energy, Acuity Edge, and femtoMass Inc. After graduating from Duke, Daniel pursued his interest in high-tech energy research working for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy. While there, Daniel advised teams from universities, national labs, start-ups, and multinational companies on commercialization strategies ensuring they were on a successful path to market. At ARPA-E Daniel worked with a wide range of technologies from natural gas industrial turbines to wave-energy harvesting devices to magnet manufacturing. Starting in 2013, Daniel began consulting in the emergent metal additive manufacturing industry and electrochemical machining industry, exploring new business opportunities in this sector.