To inspire making, makerspaces and project-based learning to foster community and innovation
Techno Chaos

Jeanette Breton

Jeanette is a mother, technologist and maker.  Her passion is mentoring high school students on finding themselves, fostering lifelong learning and supporting their interest in technology, engineering and entrepreneurship.   Along with owning a makerspace for five years in Texas, she has been a team member for maker events such as the Houston Maker Faire, Denver Maker Faire, Maker Exhibition at Comicpalooza, NOMCON by Nation of Makers and lately The MITEE Gobble Squabble.    She was a member on the Nation of Maker’s Make The Data team and one of Colorado’s Ambassadors to the Nation of Makers. Jeanette was a Board Member of the Colorado Maker Hub whose mission was to connect, communicate and strengthen the Colorado maker community.   In January 2020 she founded Monumental Impact to enable and support high school students in technology, engineering and entrepreneurship with experiences and a community of support in the Northern El Paso area.

Jeanette and Mike have two sons who graduated from Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Monument, Colorado.  Jeanette enjoys traveling with Mike and their sons when they are able to get away on vacations.  She also enjoys the competing attention of all three of the family pets, Tucker, DeeDee and Tommy.

Specialization:  Technology Integration, Automation, Programming, Machine Learning, Makerspaces
Length of Experience:  14+ years in oil & gas industry, 15+ years makerspaces, 25+ years owning Chaos Busters (DBA Techno Chaos), 35+ Technology, Automation and Integrations
Industry Experience:   Energy, online trading and telecommunications industries in roles such as research technology integration, technology analyst, instructor, project / product manager and business consultant
Education:   Graduate of Texas A&M with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering.
Competitions:   Lockheed Martin HeroX Autonomous Drone Challenge (Model trained to 98% accuracy in identifying gates); SparkFun's Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) Logistics Category (Won).
Current Project:   A sorter for my 500K plus LEGOs...getting back to it in 2025 from a long hiatus.Last thought was an implementation with Machine Learning, Visioning, OpenPNP, CNC 3-Axis Frame and 3D Printed manipulator.