e-NABLE is an online global community of “Digital Humanitarian” volunteers from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to make free and low-cost prosthetic upper limb devices for children and adults in need. The open-source designs created by e-NABLE Volunteers help those who were born missing their fingers and hands or who have lost them due to war, natural disaster, illness or accidents.

Today e-NABLE has grown to more than 40,000 volunteers but back when I found the group online. We were just a handful of individuals brought together by a passion to help people.  I helped contribute to some of the initial CAD designs, one of which Won a CES innovation award and helped present the concept at the White House Maker Fair in 2016. Many of the designs have been printed tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of times as this point.

Limbitless Solutions is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring a generation of innovators committed to using their skills and passion to make a positive impact. Through additive manufacturing, we advance personalized bionics and develop solutions for individuals with disabilities, driven by the belief that no family should bear the cost for their child to receive a prosthetic arm. Our mission extends to encouraging communities to innovate with compassion.

As a founding team member and lead designer, I contributed to some of Limbitless Solutions' most viral creations, including the Iron Man prosthetic arm delivered by Robert Downey Jr., the Blue Man Group arm, and the Dolphin Tail arm. During my time with the team, I helped pioneer techniques that enabled the creation of unique, low-cost devices, and helping to set a new standard for accessible bionics.

Many of these projects have gone viral, collecting over 50 million views across various platforms.

At the onset of COVID-19, when the world faced a critical shortage of medical devices and face masks, a group called ZVerse approached me with an urgent request. They needed a straightforward, affordable face shield design that could be mass-produced in the millions and distributed globally.

The original Z Shield was developed with a focus on rapid, large-scale manufacturability. It was designed to be produced by a wide variety of injection molding machines and accommodate multiple material types, all to meet the demand as quickly as possible and support the medical community in need.

In the end, millions of these shields were manufactured, and they remain available for purchase in bulk from various suppliers online.

During the early days of COVID-19, two women, Sabrina Paseman and Megan Duong, recognized the urgent need for N95 masks for the general public. They discovered that a simple rubber band could greatly enhance the effectiveness of traditional paper masks by creating a snug seal around the face, reducing gaps.

After they developed initial prototypes, I was brought on to help refine these concepts for mass production and to create detailed renderings and marketing material