Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Adam KushnerChairman & PresidentADAM KUSHNER is a founding partner of Madco3d. He came to large format 3d printing through his allied endeavors as founder and Principal of KUSHNER studios, a mid-sized architecture and design practice that is now close to its fourth decade operating out of lower Manhattan, NYC. In addition, he is a partner in In House Group, his sister general contracting firm, also now over two decades in practice.
After graduating from Cornell University, in addition to practicing architecture and general contracting, Adam has also kept up his interest in teaching, serving as an adjunct lecturer at local institutions and continues to remain close to academia, including offering one of the first courses in full-scale 3d printing at the university level in America.
He lectures often to various agencies, institutions, and organizations on a range of topics and has been well-published in professional journals as well as appearing on TV, video, and on the internet, and print media.
Through these various ventures, Adam has been attempting to accomplish what has always been most important to him: re-envisioning the built environment by encircling most of the design, technology, construction, development and decision-making roles under a singular holistic umbrella. He is committed to bringing his vision of the possibilities of architecture vis-a-vis 3d printing and automation to the public in the most expedient and direct manner possible.
Adam has exhibited both architectural and photographic work and has written several article and manuscript-length texts.
Adam currently works 30 hours a week as President of Kushner Studios Architecture+Design and 10 hours a week as President of In House Group, Inc., in addition to 12 hours a week as President & Chairman of Madco3D.
Daniel BernardBoard Secretary, Board Manager & Executive Vice PresidentDan, a native Mainer, is a founding partner, EVP, and the Director of Operations for Madco3D. He attended UMaine and Bates College. He oversees company operations based in a vintage mill in the seacoast NH region, focusing on product and machine development; business strategies, creative, collaborations and partnerships as well as presenting on the company’s behalf.
Dan has been a green products innovator/marketer since 1990. He’s worked with some of the largest international chemical, plastic, consumer products, and textile firms in developing and bringing greener products and systems to market.
He gained national attention in the early 1990s from the Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and National Geographic among others by launching a green catalog company that offered not only electric/solar sports cars, and electric car conversion kits but dozens of items for everyday green living.
This led to collaborations with Coca-Cola and Hoechst-Celanese, products created for the United Nations, Disney, ESPN, TED Talks, Nissan, Lenzing, and many others. He currently collaborates with carbon reduction scientists, academia, and leading biotech and bioprinting innovators in his work on repopulating the coral reefs.
He’s an experienced professional narrator of books and magazines such as The New Yorker and has written, directed, and produced award-winning audio and radio programs. He's been a part of the region's theater, improv, and comedy community for decades.
Dan works approximately 10 hours per week for an unrelated company he founded, Ecodot.com, Inc., in addition to working approximately 40 hours a week for Madco3D.
Mark LazarFounding PartnerMark Lazar is a founding partner of Madco3d. He is also CEO and sole shareholder of Lazar Equities, a developer and owner of multiple residential investment properties in Montreal and Manhattan with a focus on the redevelopment of older multi-residential properties, creating added value and protecting the heritage of the properties. In addition, Mark Lazar is Chairman of the Board of Whatstrending.com, a social media company.
Over the years, Mark has been an investor and lead partner in various companies both in manufacturing and the internet. He is also on the Board of Directors of various micro-cap OTC public companies, and an advisor consultant for micro-cap convertible debt and PIPE financing (mostly in the ‘90s); Head of Acquisition for real estate syndication. Lazar Equities is also an early-stage venture investor., Darren WinhamPartnerDarren Winham is an economic development professional with over twenty years of experience working in both the public and private sector. Darren is the Economic Development Director with the town of Exeter, NH, and owner of DarWin Dynamic Solutions, an economic development consulting firm and is a partner in Madco3d. Specializing in resource procurement, land acquisition, public relations, and business strategy, Darren works with companies of all types and sizes in order to assist with their vision and goals.
A former George Mitchell Peace Scholarship winner and member of Sigma Beta Delta School of Business Honor Society, Darren holds current and past memberships in several strategic organizations, including the Federal Interagency Network of Enterprise Assistance Providers (INEAP), Seacoast Economic Development Stakeholders (founding member), Upstate California Economic Development Council and NH Collaborative Economic Development Regions. While working as the Energy Lead for the Business Relations Group of the US Department of Labor in Washington DC, Darren served as Liaison to the Departments of Energy (DOE), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Often asked to lecture, testify at the NH state house or sit on panels, Darren is a fervent proponent of affordable housing to combat the growing workforce crisis and is excited to see that Madco3d’s technology can be a game-changer in this space.
Darren is an outdoor enthusiast who loves to snowboard and mountain bike, the latter generally with a three-year-old border collie hot on his tail. In his past life, he was a registered Maine whitewater rafting guide and scuba Divemaster, and PADI Instructor. Darren lives in Exeter with his wife and two daughters.
Brian MarshallPartnerBrian Marshall is a partner on the Madco3d team, based in NH where our operations and manufacturing are centralized. Brian has degrees in Civil Technology, Construction Management, and Applied Business Management from the University of New Hampshire and Granite State University, along with his real estate licensure. He has also earned certification to teach English as a foreign language from SEE TEFL in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he spearheads business development for Madco3d.
Brian is a trained improviser, a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program in Los Angeles, where he has been cast in feature and independent films, TV shows and commercials, stage shows, and musicals. He uses his improv skills as a successful entrepreneur and has brought his creativity and passion to Madco3d to help drive forward 3d printing technology and innovation.
Steve BernardPartnerSteve brings a wide range of skills to the everyday operations of Madco3d as well as to the creative and imaginative side of the company. He innovates solutions to mechanical and artistic challenges in real time–using both his brain and hands, and has been invaluable in helping the company achieve some of its most notable goals in 3d printed concrete art, coral and housing elements. Steve’s early experience as a sculptor and fabricating art, theatrical props and special effects has informed the many inventive solutions he has brought to the 3d-printed table.
Steve is Dan’s brother, and while they both hail from Maine, Steve spent a lot of his early life as a performing artist in the U.S., from the legendary Celebration Mime Theater in Maine to the No Elephant Circus in NYC, and on to Barnum and Bailey/Ringling Bros. Circus World and comedy clubs like The Improv and The Ice House–and to fame in Europe on the stage, t.v. and film as a celebrity comedy performer, never ceasing his creative invention along the way.
He joined Madco3d in 2018 and has worked tirelessly, helping the company achieve its goals and keep the ship tight while still keeping his hand in his creative and comedy life.