David Preiss
Founder at Variable Machines
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Preiss is a founder and engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building mechanical and electromechanical products at the intersection of research and industry. After engineering roles at ShopBot and Formlabs, he spent several years as a graduate researcher at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, translating academic prototypes into practical hardware systems and pursuing a PhD. He recently launched Variable Machines to commercialize advanced fabrication technologies, combining deep technical know-how with entrepreneurial drive. Based in Somerville, MA, he brings rare cross-domain fluency—from bioresource engineering foundations to precision manufacturing—and a knack for turning lab-scale innovations into manufacturable products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's of Engineering, Bioresource Engineering, Bachelor's of Engineering, Bioresource Engineering at McGill University
Github Skills (9)
fabrication2
raspberry-pi2
cnc2
adc1
api1
arduino-library1
ecosystem1
samd211
arduino1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
davepreiss/FabMo-Fusion360
Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
davepreiss/Portfolio
Mar 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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