Bre Pettis | |
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![]() Pettis at the 26th
Chaos Communication Congress, December 2009 | |
Born | July 14, 1972 |
Education |
Evergreen State College (
BA)
[1] Pacific Oaks College (Education, teaching certificate) |
Known for | co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot Industries |
Bre Pettis (born July 14, 1972) [2] is an American entrepreneur, video blogger and creative artist. Pettis is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot Industries, a 3D printer company now owned by Stratasys. [3] [4]
Pettis was raised in Ithaca, New York, a childhood spent climbing trees and playing in the woods independent and self-reliant. [5] 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. [9] [10]
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. [11] He then attended Pacific Oaks College and graduated with a teaching certificate. [8] He worked as a teacher for the Seattle Public Schools from 1999 through 2006. [12]
After graduating and working on various films in Europe, Pettis moved to London and began working at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and making super-custom animatronics, or high-performance robots. Pettis learned prototyping here, as well as building one-of-a-kind things from scratch, allowing him to eventually be paid for his work. [5]
He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE, [13] and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel. [14] He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor. [15]
Pettis is a co-founder and former CEO [3] of MakerBot Industries, a company that produces 3D printers [13] now owned by Stratasys. 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. He was the artist-in-residence of art group monochrom at Museumsquartier Vienna in 2007. [16] [17]
Pettis was featured in the documentary film Print the Legend. [18]
He left Makerbot in 2014. [19]
In June 2017, Pettis acquired start-up Other Machine Co. — now called Bantam Tools — from its founder and CEO, Danielle Applestone. [20] In November 2019, Bantam Tools moved their facilities to Peekskill, New York. [21] In January 2024, Bantam Tools announced that it had acquired Evil Mad Scientist, [22] known for the AxiDraw, a computer-controlled drawing and handwriting machine.
Bre Pettis | |
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![]() Pettis at the 26th
Chaos Communication Congress, December 2009 | |
Born | July 14, 1972 |
Education |
Evergreen State College (
BA)
[1] Pacific Oaks College (Education, teaching certificate) |
Known for | co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot Industries |
Bre Pettis (born July 14, 1972) [2] is an American entrepreneur, video blogger and creative artist. Pettis is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot Industries, a 3D printer company now owned by Stratasys. [3] [4]
Pettis was raised in Ithaca, New York, a childhood spent climbing trees and playing in the woods independent and self-reliant. [5] 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. [9] [10]
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. [11] He then attended Pacific Oaks College and graduated with a teaching certificate. [8] He worked as a teacher for the Seattle Public Schools from 1999 through 2006. [12]
After graduating and working on various films in Europe, Pettis moved to London and began working at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and making super-custom animatronics, or high-performance robots. Pettis learned prototyping here, as well as building one-of-a-kind things from scratch, allowing him to eventually be paid for his work. [5]
He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE, [13] and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel. [14] He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor. [15]
Pettis is a co-founder and former CEO [3] of MakerBot Industries, a company that produces 3D printers [13] now owned by Stratasys. 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. He was the artist-in-residence of art group monochrom at Museumsquartier Vienna in 2007. [16] [17]
Pettis was featured in the documentary film Print the Legend. [18]
He left Makerbot in 2014. [19]
In June 2017, Pettis acquired start-up Other Machine Co. — now called Bantam Tools — from its founder and CEO, Danielle Applestone. [20] In November 2019, Bantam Tools moved their facilities to Peekskill, New York. [21] In January 2024, Bantam Tools announced that it had acquired Evil Mad Scientist, [22] known for the AxiDraw, a computer-controlled drawing and handwriting machine.