Jan 20, 2015 i met jenny lawton on the first day of ces at the giant makerbot booth. Makerbot, a global leader in the desktop 3d printing industry, is pleased to announce the promotion of jennifer jenny lawton to president. Mar 31, 2014 before we start, jenny, tell us a little bit about the latest at makerbot. Pettis was replaced by jenny lawton and she was in turn replaced in 2015 by current ceo jonathan jaglom. In another case that is one of lawton s favorites, makerbot s printer was the basis. Oct 02, 20 jenny lawton, president of makerbot, to speak at grace hopper celebration of women in computing.
In september 2014, stratasys announced that bre pettis was to step down from the daytoday running of makerbot with former president jenny lawton taking his place as ceo. Makerbot s technology of the future grapples with its rocky past. Makerbots new ceo jenny lawton discusses the companys. Makerbot vase maker printshop app 3d printing industry. As the coo of techstars, jenny lawton says her intention is to apply all of her learnings to help. Makerbot is the leader in the field of desktop 3d printing. I personally have a growing collection i cant wait to see what people make. Makerbots ceo jenny lawton on the story of a 3d printing. Makerbot unleashes new materials, software, and services to power 3d builders. Jennifer jenny lawton, makerbots president, joined on in 2011 as a strategist for the company. When you look at the makerbot smart extruder, we will pair a smart extruder to work with metals. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jennys. The makerbot slicer is the slicing engine in our software. Apr 23, 2017 makerbots technology of the future grapples with its rocky past.
On the cnet stage at ces 2015, makerbot ceo jenny lawton talked with techrepublic about the state of 3d printing, the emerging ecosystem, and the road ahead. This will determine which printer the file can be sent to. A program of the anita borg institute for women and technology october 25, minneapolis, mn. On september 4th, 2014 we posted that jenny lawton, president of makerbot was promoted to ceo of makerbot. We call it slicing because the first thing the slicing engine does is cut your 3d model into thin horizontal layers. At ces on tuesday, makerbot announced new software services and materials to make 3d printing easier to. Home 3d printing just not there yet admits makerbot. Makerbot ceo jenny lawton on ramping up a fastmoving. The makerbot printshop vase maker tool is just another part of. Jenny lawton, who took the helm of 3d printer company makerbot in september, is out as ceo. Techstars chief operating officer jenny lawton recently spoke at a yale women. Makerbot, voodoo manufacturing, graphene 3d labs, and asimov.
Jenny lawton, is now executive vice president special projects stratasys. Jennifer lawton, president of makerbot for example, square helper, the invention of entrepreneur chris milnes, who created one of the. Sep 04, 2014 makerbot is based in new york while stratasys headquarters are split between minnesota and israel. The bride wore hot pink to match her 3dprinted bracelets and was flanked by her two sons, tom and nick, in matching seersucker trousers. Download makerbot desktop software makerbot support. Makerbot and ge firstbuild want to transform the fridge. Select your operating system below to install makerbot desktop. Ceo of makerbot, jenny lawton, said of the portal, we are really thrilled to be able to seamlessly incorporate educational, entertaining and useful 3d printing applications into the makerbot 3d. Makerbots new ceo jenny lawton discusses the companys future as well as the industry with.
Stratasys announces promotion of jenny lawton, chief executive officer with makerbot to executive vice president special projects with stratasys, and jonathan jaglom, general manager of stratasys asia pacific japan to chief executive officer for makerbot. Here are some links to some past versions of makerbot desktop. The software can be set up to output this file format directly thanks to its integrated support for the makerbot printers. Failure and other life lessons from techstars coo jenny lawton. Makerbot ceo jonathan jaglom has resigned as the 3dprinting. Makerbot ceo bre pettis steps down, will lead new innovation.
Garnet text reading union college positioned above smaller text reading founded 1795 union college. Makerbot s new ceo jenny lawton discusses the companys future as well as the industry with. Makerbot announces acquisition of layer by layer business wire. Jenny was keenly aware that makerbot needed to grow and grow fast and this involved innovation cycles, new products, solutions product and corporate and disruptions by doing. We recommend using the latest releases when possible but if you are having issues with the latest release, rolling back to a previous version can be a good workaround. We just came back from a consumer electronics show in las vegas where we announced three new hardware product lines and five new software products and applications that create a 3d printing ecosystem. Cad software giant autodesk has recently entered the space announcing their spark. Makerbot appoints jennifer lawton of fairfield to president. She had been interviewing with industry analysts all afternoon. Nov 21, 2014 makerbot ceo jenny lawton on ramping up a fastmoving company. This is a binary file that the machine reads which contains all of the instructions for printing. Techstars coo jenny lawton reveals how she broke into the maledominated tech world. Makerbot has spent considerable time over the last 18 months in developing new applications, materials, and particularly software to ramp up their 3d printing ecosystem.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jenny s. Leading the new product category of desktop 3d printing, makerbot. Nov, 2014 makerbot announces acquisition of layer by layer. The round was led by foundry group and true ventures, with participation from bre pettis, cofounder and former ceo of makerbot, and jenny lawton, former ceo of makerbot. View jenny lawtons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. I met jenny lawton on the first day of ces at the giant makerbot booth. Jenny lawton, president of makerbot, promoted to ceo of. Makerbot ceo bre pettis and president jenny lawton.
Makerbot s jenny lawton out as ceo in another executive shuffle. The makerbot replicator 2 uses the x3g file format for printing. Aric jennings, chief operations officer for makerbot, will also transition into the international role of vice president of global manufacturing for stratasys. Apr 17, 2014 makerbot is the leader in the field of desktop 3d printing. Makerbot released the hardware and software for running the machines for free, and people who bought cupcakes contributed fixes and improvements to. Jenny lawton, president of makerbot, will be promoted to the role of ceo of makerbot. Jenny lawton, former owner of just books in old greenwich, is the president of makerbot. Makerbot s new ceo, jenny lawton, sat down with us to talk a bit about what it meant to be a global company and how it felt pushing makerbot s engine from 0 to 100 in what seemed like seconds.
Leading the new product category of desktop 3d printing, makerbot has experienced. At tuesdays startup spectacular, the tech exec described. In another case that is one of lawtons favorites, makerbots printer was the basis. Interim ceo jenny lawton took over for less than a year, and in. Bre pettis, a former middleschool teacher, and two of his friends adam mayer, a software developer, and zach smith, a hardware hacker, founded the company in 2009. Lawton previously held the title of chief strategy officer. Once ge firstbuild added makerbot replicator 3d printers to their toolkit, they were able to prototype and test the next generation of smart home appliances in real time. Lawton became acting ceo of makerbot after the brooklynbased companys cofounder bre pettis stepped down last fall to take over.
Rachel park listened to jenny lawton at tct last week, and recounts the insights given by the new ceo of makerbot. Feb 24, 2015 as part of this phase, jenny lawton, chief executive officer of makerbot, will be promoted to executive vice president special projects for stratasys and will report directly to david reis, chief. As the coo of techstars, jenny lawton says her intention is. Jennifer jenny lawton, makerbot s president, joined on in 2011 as a strategist for the company. Exclusive interview with makerbot ceo jenny lawton on the. Visitors to the makerbot store in boston and greenwich, as well as the new york makerbot store, will have the opportunity to experience the wonder of makerbot 3d printing technology, such as the makerbot replicator 2 desktop 3d printer and the makerbot digitizer desktop 3d scanner, live and inperson. We were always thought of as a small hacker entrepreneurial company, says jenny lawton, whose job as head of people at makerbot is to help grow the company. Makerbot ceo jenny lawton on ramping up a fastmoving company. Makerbots jenny lawton out as ceo in another executive. Makerbots technology of the future grapples with its. The makerbot replicator 2 desktop 3d printer, makerbots. Under her leadership makerbot was named popular mechanics overall winner for best 3d printer, popular sciences product of the. Interview with jenny lawton national center for women. There is room for a lot of people to play on the software side.
On the table between us was a variety 3d printed vases and. Frank alfano is being moved from chief revenue officer to president. Stratasys announces promotion of jenny lawton, chief executive officer with makerbot to executive vice president special projects with stratasys, and jonathan jaglom, general manager of. Today stratasys has announced that jenny lawton will move elsewhere inside of stratasys with jonathan jaglom, general manager from stratasys asia pacific japan, will be promoted to chief executive officer of maker. Martha stewart brings pastel aesthetic to makerbot pcmag. The team has been working on several really interesting projects. Former greenwich resident jenny lawton appointed to president. Promotes jenny lawton and jonathan jaglom organizational changes to help stratasys realize its goal of revolutionizing the way things are made download. Once upon a time the poster child of the hot, cantmiss new industry of consumer 3d printing, makerbot has been on a long, slow decline ever since stratasys vastly overpaid for it in 20. The new year brings new ingredients for desktop 3d printer maker makerbot industries to work with. Well have it back up and running as soon as possible. About 56 months later jonathan jaglom is now the new ceo of makerbot.
Makerbots new ceo, jenny lawton, sat down with us to talk a bit about what it meant to be a global company and how it felt. It has not yet been announced where pettis will be based or what form the innovation workshop will take. Jul 10, 20 on july 20th, makerbot president jenny lawton married her longtime love, tim daley. Jenny lawton is chief operating officer at techstars. Slicing is the process of turning your 3d model into a toolpath for your 3d printer. But now weve got almost 10,000 printers out in the worldmore than most companies making this sort of product. These materials show you the benefit of the smart extruders.
Stratasys announces promotion of jenny lawton, chief executive officer. Jennifer lawton has been with makerbot since 2011 and has been responsible for the overall strategy and growth of the company, including strategic partnerships, product development, and retail. View jenny lawton s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Jenny lawton 85, ceo of makerbot, returns to campus. Makerbots technology of the future grapples with its rocky. Aug 09, 20 makerbot, a global leader in the desktop 3d printing industry, is pleased to announce the promotion of jennifer jenny lawton to president.
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