Soundgena is the unique convergence of 90 years of combined experience in inventing and commercializing globally adopted audio technologies. As Founder and CTO, I am exciting to be unleashing ideas, concepts and prototypes that have been simmering in my mind and lab!

After a stint in the CTO seat getting a few things up, I have migrated to focus on IP and deep tech and advisory to help the company in the early stages. Working closely with the founders and key stakeholders behind the scenes. We are on a mission to create a life integrated product with support, training, coaching and hardware as a service to offer orientation and mobility for the blind. The core tech is edge AI for visual perception, data integration, situational inference and perceptually guided informative Augmented Reality in Audio.Keep an eye out. We will be hiring and raising. This is the job and mission I was built for. Reach out to get involved.

Making spatial audio simple and accessible

Working with the College of Engineering and Computer Science on spatial sound research projects. Principle Investigator for ARC Linkage grant with Dolby Laboratories on Soundfields for Consumer Device Testing. Also involved in promoting wider industry collaboration, entrepreneurship, student motivation and advisory. Advanced to full Honorary Professor in September 2018.

DANTE : The Audio Networking standard for the Professional AV Industry. Now incorporating Video, I am part of the vision and team working to expand connection, services and functionality for a connected media world.

Leading into the future of connected audio devices and converged entertainment, communications and information services.

Shaping research direction at Dolby for improved remote voice communications in business and wider application. Specific lead of team focused on End to End Processing with a vision to create "Improved Voice User Experience through Pervasive, Robust, Intelligent and Fit for Purpose Signal Processing". Group core competencies in spatial sound, perception, voice processing, statistical parameter estimation, array processing and machine learning. Responsible for research direction and establishing a large IP portfolio around spatial and perceptual audio algorithms that achieve scalable system design.

Research and development of audio signal processing algorithms for professional and consumer sound applications. Strategic analysis and development of technology and business models for gaming and online interactive media.

Coaching, mentoring and strategy development for >50 early stage ventures. Invited speaker on strategy, relationships, research commercialization. Learning, networking and solving other peoples problems with unexpected technology. I charge only if really necessary.

Relationship and project development to facilitate the interaction of the NICTA research groups and Small to Medium Enterprises in the ACT Region.

Founding investor and Chief Operation Officer from startup of company. Managed growth of company from 5 to 30 employees securing $5m AUD in investment, grants and product revenue. Strategic and operational management of the company.

Development of algorithms and implementations of audio signal processing for spatial sound research and consumer electronics. Development of Dolby Headphone algorithm. Managed US operations from 1998-2000. Business and relationship development.

Research and development of estimation and control technologies for industrial automation.