4th Burlington Hardware Meetup @ BETA Technologies

​Join us at BETA Technologies for our second meetup of the year! Our focus for this event is on the electrification of vehicles.

​​​We'll have food and drink and there will be a chance for an open mic. All demos are welcome.

​​​About BETA
BETA Technologies, is a South Burlington, Vermont-based aerospace manufacturer developing electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) and electric conventional take-off and landing (eCTOL) aircraft for the cargo, medical passenger, and military aviation industries. The company has also developed a network of chargers which can supply power to their aircraft and other electric vehicles

Thanks to our sponsor VCET!
Accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship since 2005, the non-profit Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, Inc. (VCET) provides expert business mentoring, technology professional networking, coworking and accelerator spaces in Burlington, innovation programs, and venture capital investment. VCET manages $15 million in evergreen venture capital funds to support Vermont’s startup and scaling technology firms. Learn more at www.VCET.co.

​Speakers:

• ​Andrew Giroux joined Beta when it was only 30 engineers working on a pipeline dream, he has since seen the company through a global pandemic, nearly $800 million in capital funding, and grow to over 700 employees. Andrew has been instrumental in both the initial builds of our two proof of concept aircrafts that have been flying for the past 4 years, but also the future design of our production aircraft that we will be delivering to customers around the world. He is the technical and team lead for all things electronics on the aircraft, including low voltage systems, DC to DC converters and all the harnessing across the vehicle.

• ​Paul Shepherd is an Electrical Engineer and Entrepreneur living in Burlington, VT. He has spent his career at the intersection of semiconductors, energy processing, hardware development, and education. In 2023, he founded Rugged MicroPower to solve problems in power management for extreme environments.

​​​Agenda
5:00-5:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
5:30-5:45 - Welcome and introduction
5:45-6:45 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
6:45-7:15p - Community open mic

• ​​​Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.

​​​7:15-8:00p - Mix + mingle

​​​If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to sam@informal.cc for sponsorship inquiries.

​​​See you soon!