Madelynn Martiniere, Managing Director, Zebras Unite Co-op

Madelynn Martiniere is an international strategist and facilitator working with innovators, entrepreneurs, and executives to more effectively collaborate, cooperate and coordinate together to building equitable and scalable innovation ecosystems.

She is currently the Managing Director of Zebras Unite, a global co-op that catalyzes community, capital, and culture for people building businesses that are better for the world.

She is also co-founder and Senior Partner at Armillaria, a systems design collective working to create critical digital infrastructure for a more thriving world.

Over the past decade she has worked with dozens of organizations to bring about ethical models of economic development, community design, and production of technology (hardware and software). She has extensive expertise working across nonprofits, startups, grassroots movements, corporate innovation labs, and government initiatives.

She previously led community education and communication efforts at Fictiv, a distributed manufacturing platform that serves many of the world’s leading automobile, aerospace, and consumer electronics companies.

An early leader and advocate for the Maker Movement, Madelynn was a founding member of Freeside Atlanta, and has been director, board member, and advisor to a plethora of global maker programs and organisations, with a particular focus on democratizing the means of education and production in marginalized communities.

She is a sought-after speaker, and workshop facilitator on open innovation, the maker movement, advanced manufacturing, and appropriate technology. She has spoken at events across the globe, including SXSW, MLOVE, Connected Conference, Maker Faire, TechFestival, Pirate Summit, and more.