Bre Pettis - Innovation, Invention and All Things DIY

Bre Pettis

Hacker, teacher, troublemaker, laser-lover.

Bre Pettis loves to make things, share them with the world, and support others in their dreams of making things. Bre dreams of a personally manufactured utopia filled with objects custom made by people who care. In the past he has supported the creativity of others as a school teacher in Seattle Public Schools, as the creator of the weekly video series "Weekend Projects" published on the Make: Magazine website, and as a producer of new media for Etsy.com. He co-founded MakerBot Industries to bring manufacturing to the masses and he co-founded Thingiverse so there would be a place for to share digital designs on the web. He is also a founder of NYCResistor, a hacker collective that seeks to learn, share, and make things. When Bre's not making things, he is sleeping.

Bre Starts Things

Co-Founder - Makerbot Industries – Bringing creative robots to the masses - 2009

Co-Founder – Thingiverse.com – Sharing Digital Design - 2008

Founder – NYCResistor – Brooklyn’s Hacker Collective- 2007

Founder – I Make Things – Producer of tutorial videos to support the public’s playful and creative intelligence - 2006

Bre Creates Tutorial Videos

Video Producer – Etsy.com 2008

Video Producer – Make: Magazine 2006-2008

Bre Supports The Creative Intelligence of Young People

Art Teacher – Seattle Public Schools 1999-2006

Bre is an International Speaker

DIY Survival – Etech 2008

Rapid Prototype Your Life – Chaos Communication Congress 2008

Tools – ROFLcon 2009

Bre is in the Media

"The Face of American Invention."
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

"Mr. Pettis was like Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ rolled into one."
Wall Street Journal

"Pettis, a tall and angular man with fashionably broken glasses, spends his days as [a] video producer."
Wired Blog

"Bre Pettis, offers a valuable reminder: 'Power tools are very dangerous. ... it’s just a good idea in general to keep your hands away from anything that could cut them off.'”
New York Times

Bre has Links

Bre Pet:tis - http://brepettis.com

Twitter - http://twitter.com/bre

Personal Blog - http:/brepettis.com/blog

Videos - http://brepettis.com/blog/category/things-video-podcast/

Hacker Collective - http://nycresistor.com

A Universe of Things - http://thingiverse.com

MakerBot Industries - http://makerbot.com