Yan C.

Entrepreneur & Technology Architect | Co-founder Vrvana (acquired by Apple) | Former Apple Vision Pro Architect | CTO LocusX | Tech Vulgarizer | MSc Mila/UdM

Canada

About

From Quebec to Apple and back. I spent 17 years teaching machines to see at Teledyne Dalsa — at the heart of Quebec's pioneering computer vision ecosystem (Matrox, Coreco, Dalsa). That expertise led me to co-found Vrvana in Montreal, where our team built the Totem mixed reality headset — Best Product Award at CES 2017. Apple acquired us for $30M USD. For 8 years as a CVML Architect-Researcher at Apple, I contributed to the development of Vision Pro, worked on unannounced products for half a decade, and filed 6 patents. I experienced R&D from inside the world's largest tech company. Today I'm building LocusX (AI platform for game studios) and dedicating myself to technology communication — making AI, computer vision, and innovation accessible to everyone. My mission: show that technology isn't as complicated as it seems once you understand the fundamentals, and tell the untold story of Quebec's 50-year legacy in computer vision. Available for media collaborations, tech commentary, keynotes, and science & technology communication.

Experience

  • CTO and Co-Founder of LocusX at LocusX
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Building the first AI-POWERED issue resolution engine

  • CVML Researcher & Architect at Apple
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2025 · 7 yrs 10 mos

    • Apple Vision Pro — design, architecture, ML research and data science • Unannounced product — 5 years, details under NDA • 6 patents filed

  • CTO and Co-founder at vrvana
    Jul 2007 - Sep 2017 · 10 yrs 3 mos

    Managing R&D team System architecture and Board Design Hiring & Strategy Development

  • Electronic / FPGA designer / Camera Specialist at Teledyne DALSA
    May 1997 - May 2014 · 17 yrs 1 mo

    Several years doing board & FPGA design of Frame Grabbers and Machine Vision Cameras.