120th SF Hardware Meetup @ Peak Design | Consumer Tech
Join for our next meetup as we explore all different areas of designing, building, and launching consumer tech!
We're stoked to be hosted by Peak Design in their new space.
🤖 There will be a chance for an open mic. All demos and standup pitches welcome.
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.
About Peak Design
Peak Design creates award-winning bags, camera accessories, and a rugged ecosystem of phone mounts—engineered for those who demand thoughtful, high-performance gear. For over 12 years, they've redefined carry solutions with radical design, unparalleled functionality, and an unwavering commitment to sustainability.
We have a great group of guest speakers
Vi is Operation + Client Manager at MakeLab, a manufacturing company that uses additive manufacturing to produce parts, prototypes, and production runs for companies in robotics, CPG, medical, and transportation sectors. Parts are manufactured locally in NYC, San Francisco, and shipping nationwide.
Thunder Zhang, CEO and Co-Founder of NexPCB, is a serial entrepreneur spanning the US and China. He co-founded startup community cafés and maker spaces as well while pursuing a Master’s in Embedded Systems from Sweden and an EMBA from CEBIS. He'll be sharing about developing smart components, designing connected devices, and custom pcb design.
Fed is a Principal Industrial Designer at Peak Design, focusing on the design and development of new products and product lines, championing usefulness, usability, and desire through design intent all along the process.
Agenda
6:30-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
8:30-9:30p - Mix + mingle
Thank you to our sponsor!
NexPCB is dedicated to accelerating IoT innovations into scalable global businesses. As a long-term product realization partner, they empower MedTech startups with end-to-end manufacturing solutions, including DFX, tooling, supply chain management, and global logistics, to deliver consistent, high-quality hardware products at cost-effective prices.
Thank you to our community partners!
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See you soon!
This event is part of SF Hardware Meetup, which hosts monthly demo nights.