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\"leigh<\/a>Bio<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Leigh Christie is a Vancouver-based engineer and entrepreneur who has co-founded 3 companies, a non-profit, and one charity.\u00a0 Leigh is currently focused on connected devices for health and safety at MistyWest, a engineering product design company he cofounded in 2003. In addition to years of bootstrapped entrepreneurship and\u00a0hacking, Leigh honed his skills and gained critical artistic insights through his completion of a Masters Degree in the\u00a0ACT program<\/a> (Art, Culture and Technology). Prior to MIT,\u00a0Leigh gained his\u00a0undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics<\/a> from the University of British Columbia.\u00a0\u00a0Post undergrad, Leigh went on to design battery packs and EV components for several automotive clients.<\/p>\n

In addition to his product engineering and physics background, Leigh is best known for co-creating the Mondo Spider<\/a>, a pure-electric 1,500 lb walking vehicle. This project led Leigh to co-found the eatART<\/a> Laboratory in Vancouver, BC. Leigh holds three patents in energy, robotics and transportation (including a folding skateboard<\/a>). More recently, Leigh founded the Open Source Medical Supplies Assn. British Columbia (OSMS-BC) with the help of dozens of dedicated engineers, hackers and makers.<\/p>\n

CV available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow @Leigh_Christie<\/a>
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