Neil Olien
InvestorPresident & Managing Director, The Haptics Company at Innovobot
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About
Neil Olien is President and Managing Director of The Haptics Company, an engineering consulting services firm. The company provides know-how, training, and tools to support technology integration into established products.
Experience
- The Haptics CompanyPresident & Managing Directorcurrent2026 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Innovobot LabsDirector Of Engineeringcurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- AddHaptics LtdPrincipal - Mechanical2017 — 2021Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Immersion CorporationPrincipal Designer2015 — 2017Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Immersion CorporationDirector, Product Management Automotive2012 — 2015Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Immersion CorporationManager/Director, Mechanical Engineerng2008 — 2012
- Immersion CorporationField Engineering Manager - Automotive2006 — 2008Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Immersion CorporationJunior/Senior Mechanical designer1998 — 2006Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- ELAMechanical Designer1997 — 1998L.A.
- Eurocopter CanadaJunior Engineer1997Fort Erie
Skills & more
User Experience (UX)Human Machine InterfaceHapticsAgile Methodologies1Automotive9Business DevelopmentCross-functional Team Leadership6Design for Manufacturing2Embedded SystemsEngineering2Engineering Management6Enterprise Software
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Finite Element AnalysisGo-to-market StrategyMechanical EngineeringMobile ApplicationsMobile DevicesStart-upsProduct DevelopmentFrom Neil's professional profile.
Colleagues at Innovobot
Alice Ying
Director of Finance at Innovobot
Daniel Shor
Research Director, Europe at Innovobot
Danny Grant
CTO and Founding Partner at Innovobot
Erin Ramsay
Commercial Partner - Consumer Electronics at Innovobot
Fadi Albatal
Chief Strategy Officer at Innovobot
Françoise Lyon
Member of the Board at Innovobot
Gijs Ijpma
Director of Systems Engineering at Innovobot
Jim Perrone
Partner at Innovobot
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neil Olien?
- Neil Olien is President and Managing Director of The Haptics Company, an engineering consulting services firm. The company provides know-how, training, and tools to support technology integration into established products.
- Where does Neil Olien work?
- Neil Olien is President & Managing Director, The Haptics Company at Innovobot.
- Where did Neil Olien go to school?
- Neil Olien studied at McGill University (B. ENG, Mechanical Engineering); Dale Carneige.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Innovobot Labs13
Fadi AlbatalChief Strategy Officer at InnovobotJim PerronePartner at InnovobotMarc SchmidtPartner at InnovobotManuel CruzPartner, Chief Scientist and Head of HMI Lab at InnovobotPedro GregorioPartner, Head of Robotics Lab at InnovobotMichel DuboisPartner, Chief Scientist and Head of AI Lab at Innovobot
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Also worked at Immersion Corporation13
Anne DeGheestMentor Capitalist, Investor & Corporate Advisor at Joyance PartnersDanny GrantCTO and Founding Partner at InnovobotDean ChangInterim Chief Innovation Officer, University of Maryland, College Park at University System of Maryland Momentum FundRobert LacroixSenior Partner and Chief Engineering Officer at InnovobotManuel CruzPartner, Chief Scientist and Head of HMI Lab at InnovobotPedro GregorioPartner, Head of Robotics Lab at Innovobot
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