Patrice Roulet-Fontani

Based in Canada, Patrice heads Immervision’s engineering as well as, contributes to IP growth and the adoption of Immervision’s wide angle panomorph technology by global corporations. He has overseen the integration of wide angle imaging technology in numerous consumer electronics, surveillance, automotive, aerospace, medical and broadcast products. Recently, he has led the miniaturization of the panomorph wide angle technology for smartphones, tablets, wearables and IoT devices.

Back in 2000 in France, after completing his Master’s degree in image processing and computer graphics, Patrice joined the INRIA and contributed to their research in robotic surgery simulation field. In parallel, he co-founded Immervision, a company dedicated to wide angle optics and imaging technology. With his conviction that wide angle technology could be applied everywhere, he contributed to the development of wide angle panomorph optical and imaging technology.

Beyond technology, Patrice believes that innovation is propelled by human beings, partnerships and alliances – he has collaborated with a large ecosystem of partners in the optics industry like Fujifilm, CBC Computar, Tamron and Kolen, and in the silicon industry like Marvel, Intel, Qualcomm, Sony, Samsung, HiSilicon, NXP and OmniVision. In addition, Patrice is an avid surfer, international traveler and always seeks to make new connections.