El Paso Makes Leadership

Randy GilmorePresident

Randy joined the El Paso Makes leadership team as President in 2023 and also holds the position of Vice President and Chief Development Officer at the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) where he is responsible for providing long-range market research and planning for the corporation. Randy joined NCDMM in 2011 as the Senior Program Manager responsible for the Aerospace Program Group due to his extensive background in optics and lasers. Within a year he was promoted to his current role where he provides technical leadership in advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, promoting NCDMM’s mission, adding new insight to business strategy, and developing NCDMM’s Alliance Partner network.

Before joining NCDMM, Randy was the Corporate Director of Technology at The ExOne Company, where he amassed more than 30 years of experience in the field of nontraditional machining techniques and government program management.

Randy was educated at the University of North Carolina where he majored in Mathematics and Computer Science. He holds several patents and has numerous publications in his fields of expertise. He also has been an invited speaker at national and international symposiums on finishing and non-traditional machining and serves as an advisor to the National Science Foundation.