Hefley Named National Finalist for Innovation Designer Award
March 5, 2021
Posted in About
University of the Ozarks IT Network Manager Ethan Hefley was recently named a top 10 finalist for the MakerBot Innovative Designer of the Year award.
Based in New York City, MakerBot is one of the largest 3D printer manufacturer companies in the world. Their annual Innovative Designer of the Year Award is selected based on “innovative ways of thinking and opportunities to create and design.”
Hefley was named a top 10 finalist by the company earlier this month from a pool of 2,500 candidates throughout the country in the education and technology fields. The finalists included individuals from Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Oracle, AECOM, DeVry University in California and Genentech Inc. The winner of the competition, Shye Dubai from NPower and AT&T in California, was announced on March 5.