Bre Pettis

Bre Pettis

Pettis at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress, December 2009
Born c. 1972/1973 (age 42–43)[1]
Education The Evergreen State College (B.A., 1995)[2]
Pacific Oaks College (Education, teaching certificate)
Known for co-founder and CEO of MakerBot Industries
Spouse(s) Kio Stark
Children Nika Stark Pettis (daughter)

Bre Pettis (born c. 1972/1973[1]) is an American entrepreneur, video blogger and multi-artist.[3] He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE,[4] and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel.[5] He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor.

Pettis is a co-founder and former CEO[6] of MakerBot Industries a company that produces 3D printers[4] 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.

Pettis was featured prominently in the documentary film Print the Legend.

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.[7] Pettis is a 1995 graduate of The Evergreen State College,[8][9] where he studied psychology, mythology and performing arts.[7]

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.[10] He then attended Pacific Oaks College and graduated[9] with a teaching certificate.[7] He worked as an art teacher for the Seattle Public Schools from 1999 through 2006.[3][7]

Personal life

Pettis and Kio Stark[11] have a daughter, Nika Stark Pettis, born July 8, 2011.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Dwyer, Jim (March 4, 2011). "Kittens With Jet Packs? Not Yet, but These Inventors Are on It". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2011. The group that created the 3-D MakerBot printer — Mr. Pettis, 38, Mr. Smith, 27, and Mr. Mayer, 35
  2. ↑ Shea, Carolyn, "Making It: Educator, entrepreneur, and creator extraordinaire, Bre Pettis ’95 is a full-blown celebrity in the do-it-yourself, business, and tech worlds", The Evergreen Magazine, Fall 2013 issue
  3. 1 2 "About Bre Pettis". BrePettis.com. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Downes, Laurence (April 10, 2010). "Geeks on a Train". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ Baichtal, John (September 5, 2008). "History Hacker: Bre Pettis explains Tesla". Wired.com. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Bre Pettis Interview on Founder Stories". MakerBot Industries. June 30, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Pettis, Bre (September 8, 2005). "Art Newsletter". BrePettis.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Evergreen magazine: News & Notes (page 20)" (PDF). The Evergreen State College. Fall 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Bre Pettis". BusinessInsider.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  10. ↑ Pettis, Bre (December 5, 2007). "Prague". BrePettis.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ Kio Stark website
  12. ↑ Pettis, Bre (August 2, 2011). "Survival Guide to a Hospital NICU". BrePettis.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.

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