Robert Maaskant

Dr. Robert Maaskant is Vice President of Product Development. Robert has a long history of successful technology product development and has held senior positions in both private start-ups as well as publicly held companies. After graduate school, he worked as a research associate at the Institute of Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto. He was a founding member of ElectroPhotonics Corporation, where he developed a number of fiber optic products and served as Director of Product Development and General Manager of the ElectroPhotonics Division. The company was acquired by ETEK Dynamics and subsequently merged with JDS Uniphase.

In 2003, Robert joined NOVX Systems Inc., as Vice President of Engineering and directed the development of the iMDx platform, a point of collection drug screening system. He has a number of publications related to research in mechanics and fiber optics, and holds patents related to fiber optic devices and diagnostic systems. Robert received his Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics at the University of Waterloo.