Building Things

Al Merrick

Founder

Channel Island Surfboards

Bob Chandler

Creator

Big Foot

Richard Meier

Architect

Getty Museum

Andrew Lins

Conservator

Philadelphia Museum of Art

David Provost

President

Bacchus Caves

Barry Brickell

Potter/Railway Engineer

Driving Creek Potteries and Railway

Peter Lynn

Kitemaker / Engineer / Inventor

Peter Lynn Kites

Jordin Kare

Chief Scientist/Senior Inventor/Laser Motive

Intellectual Ventures

Nick DePalma

Graduate Student

MIT Personal Robots Group

Bob Cassilly

Founder

City Museum

Deon Clark

Nuclear Engineer / Founder

Palo Verde Power Plant/Legacy Initiative

Zach Kaplan

Founder & CEO

Inventables

Sal Donato

Owner & Mechanic

Philadelphia Motorsports

Brent Bushnell

Co-Founder & CEO

Two Bit Circus

Eric Gradman

Co-Founder & CTO

Two Bit Circus

Brian Korsedal

CEO

Arcology Now!

David Schwarz

Architect

Pete Saari

Co-Founder

Mervin Manufacturing

Mike Olson

Co-Founder

Mervin Manufacturing

Jim Lutz

Professor of Architecture

University of Memphis

Carolyn Parcheta

Postdoctoral Fellow

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Ian Bernstein

Co-founder / Chief Technology Officer

Sphero

Adam Wilson

Co-founder / Chief Software Architect

Sphero

Dima Elissa

Founder / CEO

VisMed•3D

Aurélie Jean

Postdoctoral Associate

MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

Nikki Kaufman

Founder / CEO

Normal

Vanessa Bond

Director of Operations

Aerial Autonomy

Rosa Obregon

Mechanical Test Operations Engineer

NASA, Stennis Space Center

Katie Carr Kopcso

Construction Project Manager

NASA, Stennis Space Center

Chriselle Galapon

Assistant Thermal Systems Engineer

National Solar Observatory - Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

Henrik Hairapetian

Founder/CEO

World Famous 4X4

Dennis McCarthy

Picture Car Coordinator

Vehicle Effects

Rashad Thomas

Diesel Mechanic

Ryder

Bob Schoose

Historian/Owner

Goldfield Ghost Town

Jim Cantrell

CEO/Co-Founder

Vector Space Systems

Chris Matthieu

Founder & CEO

Computes, Inc.

Trudy Curley

Mechanical Engineer

Axon

RH Lee

Shop Manager

Offerman Woodshop

Mark Giorgetti

Principal & Founder

Palo Santo Designs

Peter Page

Owner & President

AMENERGY

Ted Maloney

Director of Public Works

Township of Middletown

Greg Pawlowski

Senior Project Engineer

The Delaware River and Bay Authority

Joe Miller

Director of Engineering

Potomac Photonics

Steve Seon

CNC Machinist

Keats Manufacturing Co.

Chris Salomone

Owner

Foureyes Furniture

Bret Taylor

President & Chief Product Officer

Salesforce

Ahmed Abdullah

Co-founder & CEO

Decoy Games

Khalil Abdullah

Co-founder & CEO

Decoy Games

Alan Adler

Mechanical Engineer & Inventor

Tom Balding

Founder & President

Tom Balding Bits & Spurs

Ty Johnson

Asst. Director of Manufacturing

Thistle Farms

Praveen Vajpeyi

Vice President of Product Design

Penn Foster

Austin Morris

Co-Founder & Director of Engineering

Kall Morris Inc

Bailey Steele

Apprentice

Ironworkers Local 25

Kyle Tripp

Apprentice

Ironworkers Local 25

Justin Zabilansky

Director of Engineering Design

AeroFarms

Victoria Hoang

Americorps Apprentice

Community Rebuilds

João Continentino

Intern

Community Rebuilds

Luis Rodriguez

President

KeyCentrix

Jason Cox

President

Cox Machine

Emma Paz

Geospatial App Developer

Blue Raster

Bradley Victor

Structural Technician

Lockheed Martin

Jessica Heerboth

Software Engineer

Nvidia

Dean Barre

Advanced Manufacturing Program Graduate

Austin Community College

Jennitsia Rodriguez

HVAC Apprentice

Snug Planet

Michael Phinney

Owner & Principal Architect

Phinney Design Group

Roy Moye III

Aerospace Engineer & Talent Acquisition Specialist

Spirit AeroSystems

Eli Lehman

Industrial Electrician

Royle Printing

Kelsey Hutchinson

Welder

Moots Cycles

Margo Vriesinga

Lead Propulsion Technician

Ursa Major

Tom Bennett

Owner

Bennett Forgeworks

Kyle Patterson

Special Representative

Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters

Jennie Tang

Owner

The Workshop Mpls

Sidney Young

Field Engineer

CK Construction

Angel Esparza

Lead Representative

Carpenters Local Union 909

Michelle Toland

Programs Director

Cal-Earth

Itzel Prieto

Millwright Apprentice

Northern California Millwrights Local 102

Brunson Cooper

President & CEO

Corenic Construction Group