Laura Wasserson is an
operations executive,
strategy synergist,
& systems thinker.
Areas of Expertise
Building & Scaling Supply Chains
Industrial Scale Manufacturing
Factory Development
Operating 9+ figure revenue businesses
Experience:
Metalplant - Cofounder & COO
A purpose-aligned climate tech business committed to reversing climate change..
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Developing scalable, permanent & profitable CDR by aligning technology with the acceleration of natural solutions.
Co-Founder, President & COO (Current)
Buckminster Fuller Institute
BFI is dedicated to the realization of R. Buckminster Fuller’s vision of a world that works for 100% of humanity without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone, by means of a design science revolution.
Advisory Board (Current)
Solve Together
Confronted with the supply chain breakdown in the face of the Covid pandemic, Solve was formed by several friends to deliver PPE to hospitals, frontline workers, cities & frontline workers. Solve delivered hundreds of millions of units of masks, gloves & other PPE, scaling to $180M in revenue in 1 year.
Senior Vice President, March 2020-June 2021
Clients including:
A top 3 global shipping company
City governments
Leading hospital & health systems
WXYZ Brand
Creating sculpture for the body, WXYZ has handcrafted identity-defining adornment for the top names in music.
Created using Wass’ signature modular manufacturing technique.
Sold globally in the top luxury fashion boutiques including Colette, Bergdorf Goodman, and Selfridges.
Founder (2012-2018)
Metal Dynamics
MD is a top metals manufacturer, founded in 1979, with locations in Rhode Island, England and China.
Employing methods that include lost wax casting, injection molding, die casting, stamping, CNC routing, 3D printing.
Factory Development Manager (2010-2011)
Education:
University of Pennsylvania
Ivy League education in International Human Rights, Marketing, Writing.