Bre Pettis

Bre Pettis

Founder: MakerBot Industries

BRE PETTIS is a founder of Makerbot, a company that produces robots that make things. Bre is also a founder of NYCResistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn. Besides being a TV host and Video Podcast producer, he’s created new media for Etsy.com, hosted Make: Magazine’s Weekend Projects podcast, and has been a schoolteacher, artist, and puppeteer. Bre is passionate about invention, innovation, and all things DIY.

Sessions

9:35am Thursday, 10/22/2009
High Order Ignite - Sponsored by Omidyar Network
High Order Bit
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Brady Forrest (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Bre Pettis (MakerBot Industries), Daniel Fletcher (CellScope), Rolf Herken (mental images GmbH), Jacquelyn Ford Morie (USC Institute for Creative Technologies), Dennis Crowley (foursquare)
High Order Ignite is a session of rapid-fire presentations that highlight companies and technologies that may well change the world. A mashup of O’Reilly Media’s community Ignite talks and Web 2's High Order Bits, five hand-selected companies will have exactly 5 minutes on stage. The winner, chosen by sponsor Omidyar Network, will receive a meeting with Pierre Omidyar. Read more.
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  • SAP
  • Juniper Networks
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Ovi by Nokia
  • Intel
  • MySpace.com
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • mental images
  • Answers.com
  • Atigeo
  • Unity Media Group
  • Omidyar Network
  • The Business Insider
  • Government Executive Media Group
  • Mashable
  • Nextgov
  • Topix.net
  • VentureBeat

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