Miral Kotb created iLuminate when she united her background in dance and software engineering. She received a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University while studying dance at Barnard College. Upon graduation she worked as a senior software engineer at Bloomberg, LP, then entered the world of mobile application development. As a dancer/choreographer her work has been presented at different venues throughout New York City, London and Paris.
Miral didn't see the overlap between her two worlds until she took a break from software development and started bringing her ingenuity to the dance studio. While exploring iPhone application development, the initial idea behind iLuminate emerged: wirelessly controlling lights on dancers bodies from the palm of your hand. She took her idea to the next level with the help of some of the best hardware and software engineers and consultants in the industry.
Alan Grow has worked on the technology behind iLuminate since its inception, bringing deep expertise in embedded development, wireless networking, and systems infrastructure to bear on the challenges of wearable wirelessly-controlled lighting.
Over the years he has worked on early mobile augmented reality systems at Siemens AG, written parts of the Microsoft Windows wireless user interface, built out core infrastructure tools at Bloomberg LP, and provided software development consulting to many startups.
Alan attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a full scholarship from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Business Management, where he received a Bachelor's degree in Math and Computer Science.
Ayman El-Khashab, designer of the EL8 and LED12 devices, holds a BS, MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He has two US Patents in the engineering field and is proficient in embedded software and hardware development.
Ayman has worked as the Director of Systems Engineering for Nline Corporation, and is Manger of Firmware/Software Engineering at Tanisys Technology. He has developed other commercial products, such as the Playstation 3 Toothfairy, which is currently available in the consumer market.