Scott Swaaley
Founder & CEO at GRITLab
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Swaaley is a customer-focused founder and CEO based in California with over 15 years of hands-on experience in industrial shops, machine operator training, and controls engineering. He built MAKESafe Tools from concept to market, developing prototypes and pursuing patents for makerspace machine safety equipment born from his work at GRITLab. His background blends electrical engineering and renewable energy consulting with classroom-centered innovation, having led fabrication and design curricula for K–12 programs and managed multi-disciplinary I-Lab teams. Scott combines practical shop-floor expertise—designing and operating manufacturing equipment—with systems-level project management for large commercial and campus installations. A persistent maker and educator, he also created open-source tooling for mechanical design (pulleygenerator.us) and translates pedagogical theory into product solutions that improve safety and learning.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (21)
artificial-intelligence9
python9
ai9
autonomous-agents9
claude9
gpt9
agentic-ai8
llm8
openai8
raspberry-pi7
iot6
autogpt6
mqtt6
home-automation5
vscode4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
scottswaaley/TimingPulleyGenerator
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:29 commits, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
scottswaaley/zha-topology-visualizer
Dec 2025 - Jun 2026
Contributions:30 pushes in 6 months
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