My Resume
Tiberius Brastaviceanu
tiberius.brastaviceanu@gmail.com
Montreal, Quebec, CA
Today, I'm mostly appreciated for my contribution to commons-based peer production and p2p economics. I'm passionate about open innovation, open source development, infrastructures for collaborative activities, governance and normative systems for collaborative enterprises, collaborative methodologies and other crazy things.
Younger, I studied Physics and Nuclear Medicine & Radiobiology. In 2002, I was playing with lasers and stumbled on some interesting phenomena, which later (spring 2005) led me to propose a new conceptual bases to account for sub-ps laser applications in material processing. This work opens the gates to a new kind of high-power sub-ps laser applications in material processing, based on secondary effects induced by photoionization and photodissociation.
I dove deep into high-power laser applications at Raydiance Inc. (Petaluma, CA) , where I was employed as a Laser Applications Engineer. 2007 and 2008 were my corporate years... My role at this company was to support and animate a network of laser applications developers composed of private companies, academic labs and independent entrepreneurs. I learned about innovation processes, the importance of communication and networking skills, some engineering tricks to cut to the core of the problem and to design effective proof of concept experiments, and I finally understood how intellectual property rights hiders innovation. I did go along with the company's policy and filed three reports of invention (ROI), based on my work on building a laser material processing system from the ground up, and based on subsequent work on laser ablation (applications in photonics, microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip, photovoltaic cell fabrication), soft and hard biological tissue processing (bone and teeth enamel, skin and cornea) and ps-LIBS. My corporate career ended with my disillusion for the current economic system in 2008, coinciding with the financial crisis.
Autumn 2008 I was back to Montreal swearing not to work for a corporation ever again. I went towards academia, found a job at McGill University where I joined a very dynamic team in bioengineering, providing automation and integration support for a microfluidic system and learning about lab-on-a-chip technology. Later, I joined Dilson Rassier's team in Kinesiology, where I helped develop a state-of-the-art AFM dynamic force measurement system with unparalleled temporal resolution. I enjoyed spending time in the lab with students, but I rapidly grew disappointed with the academic bureaucracy, hierarchy and with the prevalent incentive system, all leading to mediocre science. One way to put it, the University has become the Church of the modern faith. For a while, I escaped by daydreaming about a new optical fiber-based displacement sensor and force transducer (sub-micron resolution and microsecond response time) and used my spare time to develop it. In parallel, I started to get more interested in open source, open innovation, open science and p2p economics.
In February 2011 I launched Sensorica, an open network for high tech open innovation, and I swore not to work for academia or corporations, ever again. Sensorica became an audacious pilot project in commons-based peer production. This work was hard but rewarding. After being considered a wacko, being called a communist and a libertarian on the same breath, my work was finally recognized. I was invited to present at p2pValue (2016), to Canadian Government (2016) at the White House (2015), Impact Economy Summit (2015), OuiShare Paris (2014), TEDx Montréal (2013) and a number of academic forums.
I like chaotic environments, new ventures and rapid change. I like diversity in my working groups.
I also blog on the Multitude Project.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
(January 2011 - present) Co-founder and principle coordinator for the Sensorica open value network.
(February 2014 - 2023) Co-founder and principal administrator at ACES-CAKE (open innovation, peer production services).
(April 2009 - February 2011 ) Research Assistant & Automation/Integration Engineer at Department of Kynesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with Dilson Rassier.
Development of a state-of-the-art laser-based molecular force measurement system with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution. I performed characterization and proof of concept experiments in the field of muscle contraction dynamics at sub-cellular level. I designed and created a modular and configurable automation and integration Labview program, suitable for a research environment.
(January - May 2009) Research Assistant & Automation Engineer at Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with David Juncker.
Automation of a microfluidic probe experimental system, comprising an inverted microscope, multiple dosing units, electromecanical motion devices, and a CCD camera. I designed and created a modular and configurable Labview program, suitable for a research environment. I was involved in characterization and proof of concept experiments of automated patterning of fluorescently-labeled biotin on a streptavidin-coated surface.
(August 2007-August 2008) Laser Applications Engineer at Raydiance Inc (now part of Coherent), Petaluma, California USA.
Laser processing of biological and non-biological materials using ultrashort pulses. Conception and assembly of ablation setups, completed with visualization and spectroscopic feedback. Conception and execution of proof of concept experiments. Technical writing. Customer interfacing. See some of my results HERE.
(February 2005-August 2007) Freelancer, Palo Alto, California USA
I developed the concept of photoionization mode (see also my page), and in parallel I worked on applications of social media (web 2.0) to science and technological development.
RECOGNITION
Public consultations
Mémoire pour l'économie collaborative [English version]/ Présenté au Ministère de l’Économie, Science et Innovation du Québec (MESI) le 20 avril, 2018
Mémoire Plan d’action du sport et du plein air urbains 2018-2028 [English version]/ Présenté à la Ville de Montréal le 2 Mai 2018
ESDC consultation on Social Innovation and Social Finance / Presented to the Ministry of Employment and Social Development Canada in 2017
My presentations
Invitation to private meeting in Ottawa, Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (2016),
Invitation to private meeting at the White House (2015),
Impact Economy Summit (2015),
OuiShare Paris (2014),
TEDx Montréal (2013),
+ numerous presentations in academic forums
In the press
Reimagining New Socio-Technical Economics Through the Application of Distributed Ledger Technologies [2020]
Meeting Grand Challenges with Participation of a Different Kind [2020]
Breaking the Chains of Open Innovation: Post-Blockchain and the Case of Sensorica [2020]
The ecosystem of commons-based peer production and its transformative dynamics [The sociological review 2018]
Re-imagining Value: Insights from the Care Economy, Commons, Cyberspace and Nature [Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, March 2017
From Open Innovation to Crowd Sourcing: A New Configuration of Collaborative Work? [2017]
Value in the commons economy: Developments in open and contributory value accounting [2017]
Sensorica ou quand l’accès libre se met au service du bien commun [Hinnovic 12, Mov, 2015]
Sensorica, noveau modele d'affaire ou mode passagere? [Revue Gestion, HEC Montreal, 2014]
Économie peer-to-peer : témoignage d’un entrepreneur [SAJE Montreal]
Owning Together Is the New Sharing [Yes Magazine, 2015]
Owning is the new sharing [Shareable, 2014]
In scientific publications
OSH Start-ups’ Business Development Challenges: The Case of SENSORICA from a Total Integrated Marketing Perspective
Cautious hope: Prospects and perils of communitarian governance in a Web3 environment [2024]
In documentaries
EDUCATION
(2003-2005) Philosophy Program, University of Quebec at Montreal, (Philosophy of Science, Logic, Philosophy of Language).
(2000-2003) Master of Science in Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology; University of Sherbrooke, Canada (Thesis title: Description of water photoionization using fs laser pulses at 790 nm in self-focusing regime. Potential applications in the field of radiobiology)
(1995-2000) Bachelor of Science in Physics; University of Montreal, Canada
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Optical fiber sensing
Automation and integration of experimental systems used in academic research.
Microfluidic chips for biomedical applications.
Complex opto-mechanical assemblies, motion and detection/analysis systems.
Maintained, calibrated, and operated a Raydiance Discovery System (1 ps laser, 1552 nm, <5 uJ/pulse, <500 kHz), a Ti-sapphire femtosecond laser system from Spectra-Physics, an optical parametrical amplification system (OPA), and an ultra-short light pulse amplification system (Spitfire).
Ablation, LIBS, pump-probe time resolved spectroscopy, time resolved fluorescence, interferometry
Sample analysis techniques
In-depth knowledge of LabView programming.
See also My Experience page.
TOPICS EXPLORED IN-DEPTH
Laser material processing; applications of pulsed lasers in medicine and biology; ionizing effects of laser radiation on water, and biological targets (the physical processes involved and the resultant chemical and structural transformations); nonlinear optics; spectroscopy.
Muscle contraction at the molecular level and instrumentation to probe biomechanical properties of sub-cellular structures.
p2p economy, open innovation, open hardware business, social media...
SOFT SKILLS
Perform very well in chaotic environments
Strong analytical capabilities, intelligent, and inventive
Ability to solve problems quickly and accurately
Ability to rapidly adapt to new situations
High emotional and cultural IQ
Communication and customer service skills
Languages: Fluent in English, French, Romanian, and Italian, basic Polish.
SCIENTIFIC ORAL PRESENTATIONS/COLLOQUIA
May 2003 - Photonics North International Conference (Montreal, Canada): Filamentary ionization tracks by powerful femtosecond pulses in liquid water. Comparison with the effects of high LET (Linear Energy Transfer) radiation.
Oct. 2002 - 5th Radiation Science Colloquium (Sherbrooke, Canada): Filamentation and its possible applications in radiobiology (won 1st place for best student presentation).
Oct. 2001 - 4th Radiation Science Colloquium (Sherbrooke, Canada): The femtosecond laser system.
Related to p2p economics, I was invited to present at the White House (2015), Impact Economy Summit (2015), OuiShare Paris (2014), TEDx Montréal (2013) and a number of academic forums.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS
Poster: Serious game-based positive expiratory pressure (PEP) respiratory physiotherapy in children with Cystic Fibrosis: a prospective pilot study on acceptability and co-creation. Congrès Canadien sur la Santé Respiratoire à Toronto le 12 avril 2024
When thousands of citizens innovate: how policy-makers can contribute, Valderrama, Alena; Brastaviceanu, Tiberius; Balli, Fabio; Canadian Science Po;licy Center, June 1, 2020
Production participative de matériel de recherche, Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Tim Lloyd et Fabio Balli, 12 mars 2019, Magazine Acfas
Democratising Design in Scientific Innovation: Application of an Open Value Network to Open Source Hardware Design Cumulus Working Papers 33/16: Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 – Open Design for E-very-thing, pp. 333-339. Posted: 28 Feb 2019.
Photonic bandgap Bragg fiber sensors for bending-displacement detection, Hang Qu, Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Francois Bergeron, Jonathan Olesik, Ivan Pavlov, Takaaki Ishigure, and Maksim Skorobogatiy, 6344 APPLIED OPTICS, Vol. 52, No. 25, 1 September 2013
Cancer radiotherapy based on femtosecond IR laser-beam filamentation yielding ultra-high dose rates and zero entrance dose, Ridthee Meesat, Hakim Belmouaddine, Jean-François Allard, Catherine Tanguay-Renaud, Rosalie Lemay, Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Luc Tremblay, Benoit Paquette, J. Richard Wagner, Jean-Paul Jay-Gerin, Martin Lepage, Michael A. Huels, and Daniel Houde, PNAS October 3, 2011
Filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses as a source for radiotherapy, Ridthee Meesat; Jean-François Allard; Hakim Belmouaddine; Tiberius Brastaviceanu; Luc Tremblay; Benoit Paquette; Jean-Paul Jay-Gerin; J. Richard Wagner; Martin Lepage; Daniel Houde, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8007, 26 August 2011;
Optical detection system for probing cantilever deflections parallel to a sample surface, A. Labuda, T. Brastaviceanu, I. Pavlov, W. Paul, and D. E. Rassier; Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 013701 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3527913
Integrated microfluidic probe station, C. M. Perrault, M. A. Qasaimeh. T. Brastaviceanu, K. Anderson, Y. Kabakibo, and D. Juncker, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 115107 (2010)
Rates of force development in MgADP-activated myofibrils isolated from skeletal muscles, presented at New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle, Ottawa, May 5-8, 2010
Artificial Muscle Membranes Fabricated Using Ultra-Short Pulse Laser Ablation (SMASIS2009-1322), Iain A. Anderson, Benjamin O'Brien, Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Gregory J.R. Spooner,
Soft Tissue Ablation with the Raydiance 1552 nm Ultrashort Pulse Laser System, Greg Spooner, Ph.D. and Tiberius Brastaviceanu, M.S., Raydiance, Inc.
Application Spotlight – Silicon Carbide Micromachining, Greg Spooner and Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Raydiance, Inc.
PATENTS
October 2010- The Mosquito, and optical fiber-based displacement/force sensor - open sourced!
Oct. 2006 - Matching Device System, consumer electronics - open sourced!
EMPOWERING METHODS AND TOOLS
I am one of the main architects of the Open Value Networks, a model for commons-based peer production.