In 1991, she co-founded a computer support consulting firm, Net Daemons Associates (NDA) in Boston.
Lawton reentered the technology business and accepted the position of Chief Strategy Officer at MakerBot.
Under her leadership MakerBot was named Popular Mechanics' "Overall Winner" for best 3D printer, Popular Science's "Product of the Year", one of Time's "Best Inventions of 2012", and Fast Company included it as one of the "World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics".
[1] On March 1, 2015, Lawton was replaced as MakerBot CEO by Stratasys Asia Pacific Japan general manager Jonathan Jaglom.
[2] In 2014, Jennifer Lawton was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame for her work in business and labor.