Summary

Top expert inEmbedded Systems and Firmware Engineering
Brad Collette is a founder and CTO with over a decade and a half of entrepreneurial and engineering experience, currently leading development of an open-source–centric CAD/CAM/CNC platform at Ondsel Inc. He combines hands-on software development with product leadership born from founding roles at Maker Redux and running WetPaint Designs since 2009, translating maker-market needs into production-ready tooling. Based in Ashland, Missouri, he focuses on accessible, practical solutions for the engineering community and has a track record of bridging hardware workflows and software ecosystems. Notably, his work emphasizes leveraging open technologies to democratize CNC tooling, reflecting both technical depth and a user-first, maker-oriented perspective.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at University of Wisconsin-Madison