“Developing and Distributing the Ground-Breaking BrailleDoodle“
President
A special education teacher for more than 20 years, for the last five years, he taught art to blind and low-vision students. Inventor, artist, and advocate for people with disabilities. Founded the TouchPad Pro Foundation. His former students and current team have inspired ‘Tactile Technology’ in innovative products.
Vice-President
Over 20 years of experience in sales of high-tech and SaaS solution platforms. Held sales and leadership roles at high-performing organizations like ADP, Volt Information Sciences, Pegasystems, Zift Solutions, and iCIMS. Brian has a proven track record of growing company revenues, consulting services, sales process, P&L, and C-Suite engagements.
Secretary
Designed and developed new and evolving products in ed-tech and health tech with a human and performance-centered approach across all stages of R&D and scales from early-stage startups to multinational corporations like Siemens and GE.
Treasurer
“Visually-impaired advocate for inclusivity in business.” CCO with expertise in Administration, Assistive Technology
CEO – Project Starfish ⇨Helping today’s disabled become tomorrow’s workforce. Resides in Toronto, Canada
Board Chairman
Litigation, intellectual property, and engineering consultant. Former Partner of Dechert, LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Graduate of MIT, MIT Sloan School of Business, and Columbia University School of Law.
Chief Scientific Advisor
Physician-Scientist at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dept. of Neurology & Dept. of Biomedical & Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Leads the REACTIV Laboratory. His team focuses on advanced wearables & benefits from his own personal experiences with vision loss.
Board Member
An Orientation and Mobility specialist who has been blind since childhood. Master’s I/O Psychology with a concentration in Orientation and Mobility- Louisiana Tech University. BA – Montclair State University. Expert in tactile display technology.
Board Member
Historical achievements in non-profit capacity building and grant writing. Providing expertise in the areas of intercultural communication, diversity and inclusion, large and small group facilitation including strategic planning, meeting, creativity, and conflict resolution.
Board Member and Senior Engineering Consultant
Boston Engineering – Solid background in Technical Innovation. Previous CEO of a small technology company. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Electrical Engineering and Hardware Design
Board Member
A congenitally totally blind language instructor and interpreter. Fluent in Japanese and English. Expert in Assistive Technology. Consultant at various tech companies. Echolocator. Braille expert. Resides in Japan.
Board Member
At Perkins Solutions, he improved design for parts for the Perkins Brailler. Expertise in mechanical engineering, product management and manufacturing. Resides in Hyderabad, India.
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