Brendan Byrne
Makerspace Manager - The Council On Science And Technology at Princeton University
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Byrne is a makerspace and creative-technology leader with 12 years of experience designing and running hands-on learning environments at institutions like Princeton and NYU. He specializes in revitalizing labs and programs—having rebuilt Princeton’s StudioLab, launched equipment lending and reservation systems, and led a consortium of six university creative tech labs—while directly supporting classroom instruction and complex faculty projects. Brendan combines an MFA design background with practical electronics and product experience from running his own open-source hardware business, giving him uncommon empathy for both users and makers. He’s skilled at scaling operations and community, from supervising large student teams to growing a 400+ member maker Discord and organizing hackathons, exhibitions, and public events. Colleagues describe him as service-focused and detail-oriented, happiest iterating on solutions to fit individual needs. Based in New Jersey, he brings a hybrid of design thinking, technical fabrication, and program management to university and community maker initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Liberal Studies, BA, Liberal Studies at SUNY PurchaseMFA, Design, MFA, Design at Parsons School of Design
Github Skills (3)
controller5
modular3
keyboard1
Github contributions (5)
brendan-byrne/binary-fluency-workshop
Oct 2014 - Nov 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 7 pushes in 8 years 3 months
brendan-byrne/Modi
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year
controllermodular
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