Management Team

Ping Fu, Founder and CEO
Honored by Inc. Magazine as “The Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2005, Ping Fu describes herself as an artist and a scientist whose chosen expression is business. Ping co-founded Geomagic, a leading US software company which pioneers 3D technologies that fundamentally change the way products are designed and manufactured around the world. From repairing vintage cars at Jay Leno’s garage to preserving US treasures and digitally recreating the Statue of Liberty, Geomagic enables design and production of one-of-the-kind products and services at a cost less than mass production.
Before co-founding Geomagic, Ping Fu was Director of Visualization at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, where she initiated and managed the NCSA Mosaic software project that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer. She has more than 20 years of software industry experience in database, networking, geometry processing, and computer graphics.
Ping was recently recognized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as an Outstanding American By Choice and in 2012 has presented at TED and SXSW events. Since 2010, Ping has been serving on the NACIE (National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) board at the White House and is a member of NCWIT (National Council on Women in Technology).
Learn more about Ping Fu in Business Leader. Listen to her 2011 interview at WUNC, 2006 interviews for National Public Radio, and The National Center for Women & Informational Technology.

Tom Kurke, President and Chief Operating Officer
Tom Kurke joined Geomagic after more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, product management, business development, engineering and law. Prior to joining the company, he was Vice President of Subscriptions at Bentley Systems, Inc., a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable engineers, architects, governments and utilities to design, build and operate more efficiently. Mr. Kurke was part of the senior management team that grew Bentley's annual revenues to over $500 million and was directly responsible for the global software subscriptions business which represented nearly 70% of the company's annual revenues. Prior to his last role at Bentley, Mr. Kurke held various functional management roles including sales and marketing, product and program management, corporate and business development and law. Mr. Kurke was previously an attorney with Dechert, an AmLaw 100 firm, focusing on M&A and intellectual property. Mr. Kurke earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University and his J.D. from Temple University.

Steven Carnevale, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Carnevale came to Geomagic with more than 20 years of experience in financial management, business analysis, strategic planning and operational controls. Before joining the company, he was a CFO Partner in the executive services firm Tatum LLC, where he provided financial leadership helping companies in transition accelerate business success and create more value. Prior to Tatum LLC, Mr. Carnevale was CFO for venture-backed technology companies including Silicon Semiconductor Corporation and Home Director, an IBM spin-off. His responsibilities included growing and structuring the financial operations and legal support teams as well as securing venture capital and M&A activities. He earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Karl Matthews, Vice President, Haptic Technology Group
Karl Matthews came to Geomagic with more than 20 years of experience in product management, product marketing, engineering and strategic planning. Prior to joining the company, he spent 10 years at Adobe Systems, Inc, driving the product strategy and marketing of several product lines including authoring, publishing and eLearning tools, the Adobe font business and the Adobe Expert Support services business. Prior to his role at Adobe, Mr. Matthews held various marketing and technical roles in the UK office of FileNet Corp., a leading provider of enterprise document management and business process automation, and in the office systems division of Fujitsu ICL, a British computer hardware, software and services company. Mr. Matthews holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Brunel University in the United Kingdom.

John Alpine, Vice President of Engineering & Product Management
John joined Geomagic with more than 25 years experience in the design, development and marketing of technical and engineering software. Starting his career at Hughes Aircraft, John served in positions at Hewlett Packard and EEsof Inc before joining CoCreate, leading the R&D of direct modeling CAD software, which has recently been adopted by major CAD companies. John most recently worked at with Dassault Systemes, as VP of Product Development for Spatial, and VP of Platform and Partner Strategy at SolidWorks.
His educational background includes a Masters degree in Computer Science from California State University, MA in Social Sciences at the University of Chicago, and Executive Management Development Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
