Bre Pettis
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 Pettis at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress, December 2009 |
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| Born | c. 1972/1973 (age 39–40)[1] |
| Education | The Evergreen State College, Pacific Oaks College |
| Known for | co-founder and CEO of MakerBot Industries |
Bre Pettis (born c. 1972/1973[1]) is an entrepreneur, video blogger and multi-artist.[2] He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE,[3] and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel.[4] He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor.
Pettis is a co-founder and the CEO[5] of MakerBot Industries a company that produces open source robots that make things out of plastic like materials and can replicate them selves.[3] 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.
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[edit] Early life and education
Pettis was raised in Ithaca, New York. At the age of 13 he moved to the Seattle area, where he later graduated from Bellevue High School.[6] Pettis is a 1995 graduate of The Evergreen State College,[7][8] where he studied psychology, mythology and performing arts.[6]
After college, Pettis worked as floor runner and camera assistant on feature films in Prague and as an assistant at Jim Henson's Creature Shop in London.[9] He then attended Pacific Oaks College and graduated[8] with a teaching certificate.[6] He worked as an art teacher for the Seattle Public Schools from 1999 through 2006.[2][6]
[edit] Personal life
Pettis and Kio Stark have a daughter, Nika Stark Pettis, born July 8, 2011.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dwyer, Jim (March 4, 2011). "Kittens With Jet Packs? Not Yet, but These Inventors Are on It". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/nyregion/05about.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011. "The group that created the 3-D MakerBot printer — Mr. Pettis, 38, Mr. Smith, 27, and Mr. Mayer, 35"
- ^ a b "About Bre Pettis". BrePettis.com. http://brepettis.com/bio.html. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
- ^ a b Downes, Laurence (April 10, 2010). "Geeks on a Train". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/opinion/11sun4.html. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ Baichtal, John (September 5, 2008). "History Hacker: Bre Pettis explains Tesla". Wired.com. http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/history-hacker.html. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
- ^ "Bre Pettis Interview on Founder Stories". MakerBot Industries. June 30, 2011. http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/06/. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Pettis, Bre (September 8, 2005). "Art Newsletter". BrePettis.com. http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2005/9/8/art-newsletter.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ "Evergreen magazine: News & Notes (page 20)" (PDF). The Evergreen State College. Fall 2009. http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/docs/emag_fall09a.pdf. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ a b "Bre Pettis". BusinessInsider.com. http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/bre-pettis. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ Pettis, Bre (December 5, 2007). "Prague". BrePettis.com. http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2005/9/8/art-newsletter.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ Pettis, Bre (August 2, 2011). "Survival Guide to a Hospital NICU". BrePettis.com. http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2011/8/2/survival-guide-to-a-hospital-nicu.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
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