Long, long ago (2016),
in a galaxy right here,
there was a time where power over ethernet lighting did not exist.
Richard St-Jacques realized that there would be great benefit to being able to join the Low voltage LED lighting that he produced, to a low voltage power source, and be able to control those lights through the same infrastructure.
He had the idea, but didn’t know how to implement it. That is where Alun Davies jumped in.
In a chance meeting with Richard on another item, Alun asked about their lighting capabilities and how they were controlled. Richard explained his idea, and Alun saw the benefits and offered to help him execute on the implementation.
Richard and Alun worked with Algonquin College to come up with the first basic prototype and proof of concept in 2017. One of those students (Adam Paul) joined the team permanently and continues to work with us today.
Wayne Murray joined the team in 2018, and brought his vast understanding of building operations and standards. It was at this time that Wayne initiated a partnership with Carleton University, and initiated a whitepaper to verify the benefits of our system.
Also, in 2018, Janet Noon joined the executive team and started to work with the Principals to build a corporate culture and a team of diverse, talented trail blazers.
It was in 2019 that Alun started to steer the system to be an analytics platform with the intelligent lighting as the first operational module. The initial lighting system became our smart spaces platform.
During 2019 Bell Canada signed on as installation and sales partner. We are now a direct supplier to Bell for PoE smart spaces technology.
Since then, our smart spaces platform has evolved to include the capability for people analytics, asset tracking, intrusion detection and fire identification. The platform now includes white noise sound dampening technology as well.
We have implemented some A.I capabilities, and are working on a raft of new smart spaces machine learning abilities for people analytics.
As our product grows, so does our talented team. As we accelerate, we continue to help people, the planet and businesses prosper. The illuminai team is proud of its accomplishments.
Very recently, we have built some features to help businesses on their Covid re-entry strategies, and we continue to build and innovate. We care deeply about people, the planet and prosperity for all.