Samantha Snabes
Co-founder Catalyst
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamantha Snabes is a mission-driven entrepreneur and strategist with 11 years of experience building hardware-driven social ventures at the intersection of space, sustainability, and community development. As Co-founder and Catalyst of re:3D, she helped commercialize the Gigabot 3D printer, crowdfunded and scaled sales to 50+ countries, and pioneered printing directly from reclaimed plastic while donating units to grassroots changemakers. Her background spans NASA strategy and open innovation, biotech startups, and military leadership in the Mississippi Air National Guard, enabling a rare blend of technical, operational, and policy fluency. Samantha combines hands-on product development and global program-building with a knack for unlikely passions — from toilets to pineapple — that drive creative, impact-focused solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Research Affiliate Digital Media Collaboratory Center for Agile Technology, Research Affiliate Digital Media Collaboratory Center for Agile Technology at The University of Texas at AustinMBA Supply Chain Management International Business, MBA Supply Chain Management International Business at University of Michigan-Dearborn
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
sd-card5
pellet4
cnc-controller4
in-progress4
cnc3
gcode2
3d-printer2
printing2
3d-printing2
firmware1
android1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
re3Dprinting/klipper_config
May 2022 - Sep 2024
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 3 months
re3Dprinting/Gigabot-Firmware
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Marlin firmware for re:3D's Gigabot and Terabot large-format 3D printers.
Contributions:4 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
3d-printerfirmware
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