IGNIS is led by an experienced and respected management team, consisting of a well-known technologist in the TFT field and business leaders with experience in commercializing new technologies for the display and semiconductor industries.
Paul Arsenault - President and CEO
Corbin Church - Vice President
Dr. Arokia Nathan - CTO & Founder
Paul Arsenault - President and CEO
Paul Arsenault has been the Chairman and CEO of IGNIS Innovation Inc since 2001. Paul has been actively involved in the display and semiconductor industries for the past 15 years, and the OLED space for over ten years, practically from the beginning of the market. He has participated in various strategic development projects and investments with many key players of the industry.
A graduate in engineering and management from McGill University, he is also a member of the Quebec Order of Engineers and has been a corporate director for several high-tech joint ventures.
Corbin Church - Vice President
Corbin Church has been the Vice President of IGNIS Innovation Inc since 2003. His responsibilities include business development,operations and IP management of the company.
Corbin has extensive experience in the semiconductor and display industries, and has travelled extensively to customers in Asia and the US. He has also been invited to speak at numerous industry conferences and tradeshows around the world.
A graduate from McGill University in Montreal, Canada with a Bachelor in Engineering (Chemical), he is also a member of IEEE and Society for Information Display (SID).
Dr. Arokia Nathan - CTO & Founder
Arokia Nathan has over 20 years of expertise in the area of microelectronics, and in particular thin film transistors and circuits. He is recognized internationally in his field and has significant experience in industry partnering, patenting of intellectual property and device development. Arokia is the founder of IGNIS Innovation Inc.
He received his PhD from the University of Alberta (1988), where he was engaged in physics and numerical modeling of semiconductor microsensors. Arokia directs a large team of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty at the London Center for Nanotechnology in London, UK where he holds the STS/Sumitomo Chair. He has published over 200 scientific papers and is a co-author of the book Microtransducer CAD, published by Springer.