I do deep tech startups, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Most of this work occurs at the interface between neuroscience, engineering, and human-computer interaction.

I co-founded iniVation (acquired by SynSense in 2024), which produces ultra-high-performance vision sensors and software for automation, robotics, consumer electronics, and aerospace. Our co-founders invented the field of event-based neuromorphic vision. We helped send the first neuromorphic technology into space in 2021, and on to the International Space Station (partners including Western Sydney University, NASA, ESA, US Air Force). We have sold products to 800+ customers in 40+ countries (partners including ETH Zurich, Uni Zurich, Samsung, and many more). Awards include a CES Best of Innovation Award (2020), a Red Dot Design Award (2022), and the 2023 Global Australian Award in the category of technology and entrepreneurship.

My other current roles include co-founder and board member at iniLabs (neuromorphic tech incubator), and co-founder and advisor at QuantActions (digital health). An earlier startup YouRehab was acquired by Reha-Stim. The various ventures have raised over $20M in research and venture funding during my involvement. I am also a founding co-director of the Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering, and an advisor for Karuna VR.

I am an accredited startup coach for the Swiss national innovation agency Innosuisse, and a member of the University of Zurich Innovation Council. Occasionally I help to coach startup cases at the University of Zurich Digital Entrepreneurship center. 

Previously, I ran a research group at Institute of Neuroinformatics at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. We investigated the neuroscience and medical applications of VR (45+ peer-reviewed scientific articles, 5 patents). I served on the board of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation from 2012 to 2017, and was general chair of the 2011 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation.

Before entering research, I was a design engineer at ABB and Alstom, working on maximizing the lifetime of high-temperature components and accelerating analysis methods for high-efficiency gas turbines. I was also a partner at a software consultancy, developing IT systems including infrastructure asset management and scoring of diving competitions (used twice at the Australian national championships in the 1990s). My first job was at a partner of Telstra designing the national telecommunications fault management system. I interned at General Motors Australia during my studies.

I obtained degrees in science (computer science, applied mathematics) and mechanical engineering at Monash University in my home town of Melbourne, and a PhD from the ETH Zurich. I am a Senior member of the IEEE.

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