Omar Fergani, Ph.D

Engineer | Entrepreneur

Germany

About

I build AI that qualifies manufacturing processes. Co-Founder & CEO of NEOFORGE, the Manufacturing AI Lab. Getting a process to produce the right part, reliably, is still one of the most expensive and time-consuming problems in industry. It runs on trial, error, and engineering intuition accumulated over decades. We're replacing that with AI.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at Neoforge.ai
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Building the AI manufacturing lab with clear path to commercialization.

  • Senior Fellow at ESMT Berlin
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

  • Co-Founder at 1000 Kelvin
    2022 - Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Now part of Neoforge. First Physics AI CAM software integrated in leading machine OEMs to double production yield of industrial 3D printing and eliminate scrap.

  • Co-Founder (acquired by Autodesk) at NAVASTO
    Jan 2020 - Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Navasto developed AI-driven tools to accelerate and automate CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations, and it was acquired by Autodesk to strengthen its simulation and generative design capabilities.

  • General Manager, Software business unit (Carlyle, IPO on NYSE) at Atotech an MKS Brand
    2020 - 2023 · 3 yrs

    Owned P&L, Direct management of research, development and go to market teams.