Julie Friedman Steele

Julie is CEO and Founder of The 3D Printer Experience, working to realize the vision that digital manufacturing will change the world. She is passionate about emerging technology and accelerating its adoption - to make complex technology accessible to all. Julie thrives at the cutting edge of disruption. The 3D Printer Experience is the only storefront venue in the country that combines a versatile event space with custom 3D printing services, education experiences, and a community-oriented futurist perspective.

In her current role, Julie overseas the growth and strategic partnerships for the business, including an exclusive relationship with EOS the company that invented 3D Printing of industrial grade parts with Laser Sintering technology. Julie is a regular keynote speaker and panelist including for TEDX, United States Patent & Trademark Office, The International Manufacturing Trade Show, Chicago Quantitative Alliance, and Women in Technology to name a few.

In 2016, Julie became the Board Chair and CEO of the World Future Society (WFS), a community of futurists and future thinkers.

Prior to the The 3D Printer Experience (3DPX), she founded the company Hot Potato which created an International MPEG standard, to make all TV and Film video content searchable and indexable on the internet.

Since launching 3DPX Julie has been named by The Chicago Tribune as a top 100 innovator in the City. She's garnered national and international media attention appearing in over 25 countries in print, radio, and television including The Today Show, Time Magazine, and a profile in Entrepreneur Magazine - she is also the published author of Encyclopedia Britannica's year in review on 3D Printing.

Before moving to Chicago, Julie produced and directed the Genesis Award winning documentary, Best Friend Forgotten staring actor David Duchovny, toured in stand-up comedy, and ran the TV and Film division for The Humane Society of the United States - implementing storylines into mainstream media with the goal to effect change.

In college she studied bio-chemistry molecular biology at Boston University, Music Synthesis at the famed Berklee College of Music, and Artificial Intelligence through Stanford University.