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Profiles

  • Cheryl Volkman, Co-Founder & CEO Emeritus, AbleNet

    Posted on January 7th, 2008

    AbleNet is a company to watch given a unique business model that seeks to incorporate content and curriculum; software; assistive technology; and professional training into a single seamless solution for schools. AbleNet’s products are aimed primarily at students with severe/ profound to moderate disabilities, but the company also accounts for broad applicability to various populations.

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  • Fraser Shein, President and CEO, Quillsoft Ltd.

    Posted on May 29th, 2007

    Join Fraser Shein, the developer behind the successful WordQ and SpeakQ products, to discuss his ideas on design, marketing, and literacy supports. He will be online blogging in response to comments and questions related to his profile between May 30 and June 6. You must be registered to comment on this and any other NCTI postings.

    Read more about Fraser’s background and business development model in the latest NCTI Innovator Profile.

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  • Jim Schroeder, Ph.D., CHFP - President, Applied Human Factors (AHF) Inc.

    Posted on March 16th, 2007

    Jim Schroeder chuckles a bit at the incongruity that his one-time work for the Army Research Institute preparing weapons simulation systems led directly to his AT products. It all began with a long-distance light pen he developed and patented in that early work. AHF now produces products targeted for persons with computer access and augmentative communication needs. Anecdotal reports suggest that persons with learning disabilities are using the programs to meet their unique needs, too. Various switches, pointing, and stylus devices can be used for input.

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  • Larry Goldberg, Director of the Media Access Group at WGBH

    Posted on January 22nd, 2007

    Larry Goldberg was keenly interested in technological “toys” since childhood. A self-described “geek from the AV (audio-visual) squad,” he began working with media in high school and studied cinema and broadcast journalism in college while working at TV and radio stations. This, coupled with a fierce commitment to “public service and the democratic applications of technology,” put him on a natural collision course with one of the most enlightened media organizations – WGBH in Boston.

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  • Ron Hu, President / Designer, Afforda Speech

    Posted on May 5th, 2005

    Ron is a self-described “techno-freak” and has worked with computers and electronics since he was a kid. Until recently, he owned an assistive technology vending company registered with the Canadian government. Through that work, he had a lot of contact with manufacturers of scanners, speech synthesizers, and other technologies that helped spark his desire to get back into design himself. “I was already familiar with the market, so to speak, and when I sold that business, I really wanted to get back into electronics more… this was a very good avenue for me to be able to design and play with new ideas.”

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Tom Large, President and CEO / Designer Appliances Incorporated

When he had a “real job,” Tom was a clinical biochemist. He began Designer Appliances as a start-up using research on dynamic bio-mechanics of muscle and blood flow. A block of wood helped formulate his first conceptual model, leading to 5 or 6 fundamental iterations before going to market.

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