Novarc Technologies Inc. appointed Mahyar Asadi vice president of innovations. Asadi has more than 15 years of experience in the automotive, aircraft, marine, medical device, energy, oil & gas and heavy-machinery industries. “We are very excited that Dr. Asadi has joined the Novarc team,” said Soroush Karimzadeh, CEO of Novarc Technologies. “Mahyar’s extensive industrial experience in advanced welding using simulations and machine learning will propel Novarc to the next stage of the company’s development of intelligent AI-based systems for robotic welding.”