Brian Keats

Brian Keats has extensive work experience in the field of optomechanical engineering. Brian is currently working as the Lead Optomechanical Engineer at Wyvern since February 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Honeywell as the Lead Mechanical Design Engineer from November 2019 to February 2023. Before that, they held the position of Engineer Principal Mechanical at Honeywell from April 2016 to November 2019.

Brian also has a background in aerospace engineering, having worked at COM DEV. Brian served as the Senior Member of the Technical Staff from February 2012 to April 2016, Advanced Member of the Technical Staff from January 2010 to January 2012, and as a Postdoctoral Fellow from January 2008 to January 2010.

Brian Keats completed their education in a chronological order. Brian first attended the University of Waterloo from 1996 to 2001, where they obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Mechanical Engineering. Brian then pursued further studies at the same university and earned a Master's of Applied Science (MASc) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2001 to 2003. Finally, they continued their academic journey at the University of Waterloo and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2003 to 2007.

In addition to their academic achievements, Brian Keats also holds various certifications. Brian completed several online courses on Coursera, including "Using Python to Access Web Data," "Python Data Structures," "Understanding and Visualizing Data with Python," "Applied Machine Learning in Python," "Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python," and "Introduction to Data Science in Python." Brian completed these courses in different months and years, with the latest being in June 2019. Moreover, they obtained a Manufacturing Leadership Certificate in April 2016 from Conestoga College and a DFSS Green Belt certification in January 2016 from Honeywell. Brian Keats also earned the Professional Engineer (PEng) title from Professional Engineers Ontario in May 2013.

Note: The information provided does not include specific details about the completion month and year for the second PEng certification from Professional Engineers Ontario.