The team

Marc Hébert holds a doctorate in neurological sciences. He is director of the cognitive and clinical neurosciences axis of the CERVO Research Center and co-director of the Thematic Center for Research in Neurosciences at Laval University. Professor of ophthalmology at Laval University since 2001. He was president of the Society for Light Therapy and Biological Rhythms from 2010 to 2013. He is the founder of the company Chronophotonix and co-founder of DiaMentis, which holds exclusive licenses operating at Laval University.

He has over 30 years of experience building winning teams, deploying business strategies and risk management practices to small and medium-sized businesses, including 18 years in venture capital. He contributed to the success of several companies, including Telecité, Optosecurity and Miranda. He is a speaker on the theme of value creation and the creation of innovative ecosystems and the author of the book "The Business Paradox".

Tim Pezarro was one of the founding sales managers at PMC-Sierra managing, prospecting and closing enterprise sales with Fortune 500 names including Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and Siemens. As vendor and customer, he has experienced the spectrum of company sizes from start-up to multi-national. In recent years he has mentored numerous start-ups including Anomotion, Copypants, Touch Intelligence, CRS and Iris Dynamics.

Sébastien Jutras is Vice-President of Operations and RA/QA at THORASYS Thoracic Medical Systems, a respiratory medical device company based in Montreal, Quebec. Thanks to his long experience in innovation and product development, he brings invaluable technical expertise to the company. Sébastien has been involved in Chronophotonix since its creation and contributed to the development of the first versions of the Bluewake.

Brian Barry is Tirna Partners Managing Partner. Previously CEO of Ericsson in Canada and has extensive industry experience in leading Boards and accelerating companies’ growth and M&A (recently PinPoint by Descartes). Currently Advisor to Descartes, Chairman University of Limerick and an Advisor to The Government of Ireland

Simon Thibault is a professor in the Department of Physics, Physical and Optical Engineering at Laval University. He brings to the advisory team a rich experience and expertise in the fields of optical design (engineering, aberration theory, optomechanics), optical metrology (interferometric, CGH, aspherical), adaptive optics (simulation , deformable mirrors), optics for extreme environments (design, metrology, cryogenic, space) and in long-term outdoor lighting (LEDs, aging models, standards, thermal management).