This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. When Passion leads to Disruption of our Economy - how to embrace to the new DIT (Do It Together) community. Companies need to pay more and more attention to the Maker and their creations. The new industrial revolution is driven by passionate people that don't see road blocks on their development processes as failures but as interesting and stimulating challenges to solve. How can large companies adapt? What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs? Who can help?

Omar-Pierre Soubra (LinkedIn) is all about innovation and making it tangible for his customers! As a visionary person and an optical and laser engineer by training, he takes complex market information and constraints and developed the long term vision for some of the key product lines in Trimble Navigation, the leader in positioning solutions for land surveyors, mapping and geospatial professionals. Since 2012, when Trimble acquired SketchUp from Google, Omar has been deeply involved with the Maker movement, including large participations at Maker Faires around the world. He was happily dancing on top of a CAT bulldozer explaining this was the largest 3D printer on the fair (and he got nominated as one of the "10 Reasons Why the World Maker Faire Was Awesome" by Wired). Father of three adorable monsters, Quentin, Lucas and Gaëtan, married for the last 10 years with one of the most beautiful French women in Colorado, Melanie, Omar has been living in Colorado for the last 9 years.

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