Founders

Colin Gallacher, MEng MSc
President & Co-founder
NSF lead with Stanford / UBC Canada’s Outstanding Achievement Award, lifelong entrepreneur & mediocre golfer
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Steve Ding, MEng
Electrical Lead & Co-founder
Embedded systems research & AI, data compression for cardiography, fixer of all things & electronics hoarder
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Felix Desourdy, BEng
Mechanical Lead & Co-founder
Advanced additive manufacturing, product design innovation, machinist at 5 years old
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Kenneth Salisbury, PhD
Professor, Stanford University
Pioneer, SensAble Technologies
Fellow, Intuitive Surgical Founder, force-feedback haptics, among most recognized roboticist of the 21st century

Jozsef Kovecses, PhD
Professor, McGill University
Head of Applied Dynamics at the Center for Intelligent Machines, Synergy Prize for Canada’s best Industry/Academic partnership

Danny Grant, PhD
CTO, Innovobot
25 years at Immersion Corporation, 250+ patents in haptic technology

Karon MacLean, PhD
University of British Columbia, Computer Science
Canada Research Chair in Interactive Human Systems Design

Gianluca DeNovi, PhD
Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Postdoctoral fellowship in medical simulation at Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School in Boston