A 20-year CMM industry veteran, Brian Gudauskas is the national applications manager for Hexagon Metrology in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where he leads his engineers providing support to Hexagon customers. Gudauskas has taught hundreds of courses on coordinate metrology and has given numerous presentations on subjects such as airfoil inspection, and metrology. He holds a bachelor of science in mechanical and materials engineering from the University of Connecticut. Before joining Hexagon Metrology, he was an engineer for United Technologies - Pratt and Whitney where he helped develop prototype jet engines.