He is on the Industry Advisory Board of the Engineering Science Programme at NUS and has been a consultant to several companies on medical products, electronics and optical technologies in the US, Europe, and Asia. He was previously the Global Technology Manager at Honeywell Electronic Materials until 2003 and has been holding key positions at national levels such as the Cardiovascular Taskforce in Singapore, the National Lung Cancer Taskforce in Malaysia and the Institutional Review Board at NTU. He was the Chief Technology Officer for Asia at PerkinElmer Optoelectronics from 2004 to 2007. in Physics in 1992 and continued onto his postdoctoral fellowship at the Lash Miller Labs in the University of Toronto in Canada. Ignatius, who has more than 20 years’ experience in R&D management of product development in industry, received his Ph.D. This center has a focus on breakthrough technologies and business models relating to the surgical and patient monitoring spaces.

MindUP aspires to be the leading hub of digital health innovation in Israel.

They included research projects, product development, and startups funded by government grants, venture funds, incubators, and entrepreneurs. MindUP, Haifa’s Digital Health Incubator, is a joint venture of Medtronic, IBM, Pitango Venture Capital, Impact 1st Investments and Rambam Medical Center, in collaboration with the Israeli Innovation Authority. In his capacity as VP, Ignatius led the effort for the launch of a Digital Health incubator for start-ups called MindUp in Israel together with IBM. This was a global effort in incubating research projects outside Medtronic. He also led the Medtronic Center for External Technology Incubation (CETI). In his capacity as VP, Ignatius led the effort for the launch of a Digital Health incubator for start-ups called MindUp in Israel together with IBM, Rambam hospital in Haifa and Pitango (the largest Israeli VC fund). Prior to his current appointment, he was the VP for Breakthrough Research at Medtronic. Ignatius Rasiah, the director of JR Tech Services, is currently an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

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