ImagineOptix Leadership

Dr. Michael Escuti is Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder at ImagineOptix. Michael is a leading liquid crystal and photonics expert pioneering the development of polarization gratings, geometric phase holograms, and devices/systems using them. As Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University, he pursues interdisciplinary research topics in opto-electronics, telecom, flat-panel displays, and well beyond. He has been recognized by the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, 2011) and the Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award (2011) for his work at NCSU. He earned his PhD and MS degrees at Brown University and completed a Post-Doc at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). As of 2013, he is a named inventor on 16 issued and 12 pending patents. He has published more than 90 refereed journal and conference publications, has presented 23 invited research talks, and has co-authored 1 book chapter.

Jonathon Warren is a Co Founder at Shoreline Consulting Inc., Executive Vice President at ImagineOptix Corporation, and Board of Directors at Revibe Technologies and is based in North Carolina. He has worked as Board of Directors at Paradigm 5, Global Product Manager at L R NELSON CORP., and Director Key Accounts - Healthcare Vertical at Emerson Network Power. Jonathon studied at University of Phoenix between 2005 and 2007 and Western Illinois University between 1999 and 2004.

Dr. Michael Escuti is Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder at ImagineOptix. Michael is a leading liquid crystal and photonics expert pioneering the development of polarization gratings, geometric phase holograms, and devices/systems using them. As Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University, he pursues interdisciplinary research topics in opto-electronics, telecom, flat-panel displays, and well beyond. He has been recognized by the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, 2011) and the Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award (2011) for his work at NCSU. He earned his PhD and MS degrees at Brown University and completed a Post-Doc at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). As of 2013, he is a named inventor on 16 issued and 12 pending patents. He has published more than 90 refereed journal and conference publications, has presented 23 invited research talks, and has co-authored 1 book chapter.