Makers Empire
Jon Soong has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Jon started their career as a Developer/Sys Admin at Kojo in 1999. Jon then worked as a Developer/Systems Administrator at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science from 2002 to 2007. Jon also worked as an Analyst Programmer at Internode in 2007. Jon joined IBM as a Developer/Specialist from April 2007 to November 2009. Jon pursued further studies and served as a Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University from September 2008 to May 2010. Jon then worked as a DevOps Engineer at DMFour from October 2007 to February 2012. Jon gained experience in the finance industry as a DevOps/Sys Admin at Investment Science Asset Management from December 2009 to January 2014. Lastly, they have been the CEO of Makers Empire since January 2014, where they oversee the development of a learning program for young students centered around 3D design/printing and Design Thinking.
Jon Soong earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in Law from the University of Adelaide, completing their studies from 1997 to 2002. Additionally, they obtained a degree in Computer Science from the same university during the same time period. Jon further pursued their education at Carnegie Mellon University, where they completed a Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) from 2008 to 2010. Currently, no information is available about their enrollment or completion of a degree in Software from the University of Adelaide.
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Makers Empire
Makers Empire helps K-8 educators teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st-century learning skills with 3D printing and 3D design.Makers Empire makes the world’s easiest to use 3D design software, Makers Empire 3D, which works on all computers, devices and tablets.Makers Empire 3D is the cornerstone of our solutions for elementary, primary andmiddle schools:1.Makers Empire 3D Learning Program for individual schools;2.Learning by Design course for groups of schools; and3.Custom professional learning courses for education departments, ministries and school districts.We currently work with a thousand schools, 16,000+ educators and 850,000+ students in forty countries around the world.We have successfully delivered Makers Empire and 3D technology to groups of 200+ schools in Australia, the USA and the Middle East.To date, our student designers have created over 8.5 million designs using Makers Empire 3D – that’s 50,000 new designs every day!