Camila is a fifth-year materials engineering student at McGill University. As Acrylic’s social media manager and content creator, Camila helps produce visually striking, thought-producing content that helps tell Acrylic’s story and channel its spirit of innovation. Outside of her studies, she is involved in several business initiatives, including consulting and VC, and has several artistic pursuits, including drawing and sewing. For these reasons, Camila is thrilled to see Acrylic’s intersection of art and technology. She hopes to use her artistic vision and business acumen to elevate Acrylic’s brand to a new level.

Janice is a student at McGill University, majoring in Pharmacology and minoring in Entrepreneurship. A hackathon and med-tech case competition winner, she is well versed in targeting critical bottlenecks in the healthcare industry. At Acrylic, she works within the Business Development team on managing client relationships, honing the company’s value proposition, and executing go-to-market strategies. Her strong scientific background and business acumen equip her with a robust and innovative analytical style to approach company strategies and milestones. Janice is excited to continue exploring how cutting-edge technologies can disrupt industries and reinvent dated processes.

Sihan is a fourth-year business student in Western University’s Ivey HBA program. Her first two years were spent studying a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics module, where she developed strong critical thinking and writing skills. With her entrance into general commerce, she plans to build her career in Marketing and pursue Law in the future. As an avid reader and art consumer with a long-time passion for social impact, she assists Acrylic with grant writing and ideating a marketing strategy. She is eager to learn more about the unique intersection of technology and art and how it can increase the livelihoods of fine artists.

Omar has an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Guelph, where his thesis focused on image processing, computer vision, and machine learning. Besides his studies, he has won the Google startup competition and several hackathons. He loves exploring new avenues of AI's application in various industries. As Acrylic's machine learning engineer, Omar is fascinated by the challenges in art and is currently developing the pipeline to disrupt the traditional route of painting creation.

Charlie is a second-year master's student at Mila. She focuses on robotics and reinforcement learning, with a dash of machine learning for vision. She is currently helping with the MoCap system.

Gabrielle is a Computer Engineering student at McGill University, passionate about engineering and the arts. On the artistic side, she is the founder of her art business, where she creates digital and acrylic paintings. On the engineering side, Gabrielle has interned at Ciena and works on software research for the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge. At Acrylic, she utilizes her knowledge of engineering and arts to invent cutting-edge robotics technology.

Shannon is a fourth-year Computer Science and Game Development student at Carleton University. She works as a full-stack developer at Acrylic – working on all things software – including web development and Acrylic’s digital drawing tools. Shannon has a growing passion for generative art and making art with code. She is excited at the prospect of intersecting her knowledge in the tech and art fields to help further Acrylic’s impact in the art-tech industry.

Fred is an Engineering Physics student at McMaster University going into his third year. As Acrylic’s robotics developer, Fred develops and refines the systems needed to control the robotic arms responsible for painting.