Colin Gallacher
President And Co-Founder at Haply Robotics
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolColin Gallacher is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years’ experience building haptic and mechatronic systems that bridge physical touch and digital interaction. As President and Co-Founder of Haply Robotics he designs and ships force-feedback devices and developer tools that bring touch to smartphones, VR/AR and educational simulators. His background blends academic research (UBC, NRC) with product delivery—he led an NSF collaboration and distributed Haply systems to student researchers across six countries. Trained in mechatronics and mechanical engineering at McGill with additional computer science study at Concordia, he pairs deep hardware expertise with software and system integration skills. He has a track record in medical and surgical simulation, aerospace composites, and early-stage entrepreneurship (McGill X-1), bringing a practical, multidisciplinary approach to tactile technology. Collected experience in both lab and startup settings gives him a rare ability to move haptic innovations from prototype to global researchers and customers.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
GrDip Computer Science Computer Science, GrDip Computer Science Computer Science at Concordia UniversityHigh School, High School at Lakefield College SchoolThe University of British ColumbiaMaster's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at McGill University
Github Skills (9)
samd216
arduino-library6
cpu4
arduino4
in-progress3
unity3d2
assembly2
hapi2
development-kit1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
haphub/WHC2017
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 33 pushes, 11 branches in 3 months
innovationwch
crgallac/financeSoftware-
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
A small project for monitoring finances using a Swing UI
Contributions:2 releases, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 month
small-projectswingfinancesjavamonitoring
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