Meet our Team
Chief Technology Officer
Jonathan Tapson, Ph.D.
Daan Stevenson, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Daan has a background in mechanical and aerospace engineering. During his doctoral research, he studied the high voltage charging of spacecraft, which are electrical capacitors in the same way that the human body is. While working to design an automated ground station for UAVs, he frequently damaged electrical components from electrostatic shocks. This motivated the creation of IONA Tech, with the goal of advancing technology in ESD mitigation.
Email: daan@iona.tech
Jonathan Tapson, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Jonathan acted as Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Sydney University before moving to Telluride in 2016. He spent his early career conducting sensor and instrumentation research, with a strong industrial focus. During this time he spun out three companies from his research, all of which are successful today. His specialties include low-noise circuits and systems design, mechatronic design and the integration of machine learning into real-time systems.
Email: jon@iona.tech
William Goethals
VP of Engineering
William is a product developer and systems engineer with a broad experience leading technical teams. With over 15 years of experience at various stage technical startups, he has brought over a dozen electronics products to market including wearables. Moreover, William is an expert in ASIC/FPGA Design, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Gyroscopic Technology and Robotics.
Email: william@iona.tech