Envision The Future Design Challenge

Steven Berg

Access Technology Specialist, Braille Institute

As the Access Technology Specialist for Braille Institute in Rancho Mirage, Steven Berg loves to learn new technology and share it with his clients to live a more independent and happy lifestyle. Steve has been with Braille Institute for 25 years, previously as a Tactile Graphics Artist and Information Technology Coordinator at the Los Angeles center. He teaches screen reading and magnification software, as well as handheld device use for the low vision and the blind, and keeps current on assistive technology.

Dave Gaylord

Director of Marketing, MatterHackers

Dave Gaylord, Director of Marketing at MatterHackers, Inc., is a Design Engineer with 10+ years of professional experience in 3D Printing. Dave has design experience and familiarity with many manufacturing techniques but is particularly passionate about 3D Printing and the ability to make quick design iterations and functional prototypes. His experience comes from professional positions as a Product Development Engineer designing consumer devices and an R&D Engineer for implantable medical devices and surgical tools. Dave earned his Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's degree at Cal Poly, SLO and a Biomedical Engineering Master's degree from Purdue University.

Jen and Ivan Owen

enablingthefuture.org

Ivan Owen is the co-designer of the first 3D printed hand that was created for a young boy in South Africa in 2013. Since releasing the design for this hand as an open source file, he has continued to collaborate on design improvements withthe global volunteer e-NABLE Community, as well as mentoring students at the University of Washington Bothell in the engineering and makerspace labs.

Jen Owen is the wife of Ivan Owen, and the creator of the enablingthefuture.org website and blog. She hopes to see more 3D printing in schools and the education system in the future so that the next generation of makers will have the skills they need to help them change the world for the better.

Rob Schulenburg

Director of Transition Services, Junior Blind

As Director of Transition Services at Junior Blind, Rob Schulenburg has been instrumental in streamlining and strengthening the organization’s transition programs for youth who are blind or visually impaired. Rob has designed curricula and presented workshops for youth across California. Well respected in the blindness community, Rob has also presented at conferences and events across the country in topics such as Best Practices in Using Hidden Curriculum to Teach Soft Skills, Defining Soft Skills to Create a Common Language for Practice, Principles of How to Teach Emotional Resiliency, and Curriculum Design for Transition Programming. Rob is a credentialed Teacher of the Visually Impaired and holds additional teaching credentials in Cross-Categorical High Incident Disabilities and Secondary English. He holds graduate and post graduate degrees in special education and educational leadership from University of Arizona. Before Junior Blind, Rob taught for nine years at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind before joining the Peace Corps, where he worked on special education curriculum and policy development for Ministries of Education in Central America and the Caribbean.