advisory board, a two term board member of the Foundation of the Mayor (Montreal Inc.), a board member of Toon Boom Inc. In 1989, he launched his first multimillion-dollar startup in the Karaoke space and, from then on, became a successful six-time repeat entrepreneur, founding and exiting companies, in the multimedia production, computer games, digital video & audio chipsets, videoconferencing and information security market spaces.īetween 20, he played a key role as the founder and former chairperson of Quebec Angels (Anges Quebec), a two term member of the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program advisory board, a member of the PassWordBox Inc. Each of these billion-dollar products positively impacted the lives of millions of consumers worldwide. At Philips, for over sixteen years, he managed several disruptive product innovations such as: solar-energy collectors and control systems, heat-pump systems, energy storage devices, the Minitel terminal, Philips computer games & consoles and, the Compact Disc in its various formats. Philips, first in the Netherlands and then in the USA. Seven years later, he became a Chief Technology Officer for N.V. Philips Germany in 1974 as a Research Group Manager. Ludwig Maximillian Universitaet (73-74) and of computer science at DePaul University in Chicago (99-00). He was a professor of physics at the Technische Unversitaet Muenchen (71-73), a professor of epidemiology at the C.H. He began his career in 1971 as a university professor in solid state physics. in Solid State Physics from McMaster University in 1971, and an Executive Program MBA from Michigan University in 1988.

in Physics from McGill University in 1967, obtained his Ph.D. He speaks five languages, has an honors B.Sc.

A CIRANO Invited Fellow, Richard Bruno is an academic, inventor, senior executive and entrepreneur.

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