Team
We combine experience from many areas to create revolutionary and cutting-edge technology
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Dr. Bálint Várkuti
Founder & Managing Director
- 11+ Years Experience in Neurotech and Medical Device Industry
- Former Global Business Unit Director for Functional Neurosurgery
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Dr. Saman Hagh Gooie
Vice-President - Lead Neural Interface
- 12+ Years Experience in Neuroprosthetics Product Development
- Sensory Neuroscience Research Engineer
- Quality Management / Lead ISO 13485 Implementer
- Intellectual Property Development
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Brian Blischak
President
- 20+ years experience in neuromodulation industry
- Led St.Jude Medical’s (now Abbott) DBS business through development, PD, ET and depression clinical studies and launch of its first 2 DBS product families
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Dr. Michael Schwarzfischer
CTO
- 7+ years experience in medical device startup industry
- Medtech enthusiast with a strong background in science, regulatory and agile development
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Ricardo Smits Serena
Senior Software Engineer
- M.Sc. Biomedical Computing at TU München
- 6+ years’ experience in Software Engineering, 3+ years’ experience in Deep Learning and AI for Medicine, 2+ years’ experience in Brain-Computer interfaces
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Ljubomir Manola, PhD
Head of Clinical Affairs EU
- 14+ years experience in Medical Device and Neuromodulatioin industry, large and small companies
- Accomplishments in clinical affairs, research, therapy training and field roles supporting market entry and expansion
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Mohamad Atayi
Software Engineer
- M.Sc. Neuroengineering at TU München
- +5 years experience in Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer interfaces
- +4 years experience in professional software development
- Passionate about using AI and deep learning in neuroscience
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Ana Funke
Executive Assistant
- B.A International Cultural & Business Studies
- 7+ years experience CRM
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Joana Pereira
Clinical Data Acquisition
- Postdoctoral researcher at University Medical Center of Freiburg
- PhD. Biomedical Engineering (Graz University of Technology, Institute of Neural Engineering - 2021)
- MSc. and BSc. Biomedical Engineering (University of Lisbon - 2015)
- 6+ Years Experience in Brain-Computer Interfaces, mainly EEG-based, for people with motor impairments
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Gabriella Miklos
Clinical Data Acquisition
- MD-PhD Student at Semmelweis University, Budapest
- 3+ Years Experience in Research, 1 Year Experience in Neuroimaging
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Lukas Liemen
Working Student
- B.Sc. Applied Informatics at Hochschule Mainz
- 3+ Years Experience in Programming, 1+ Years Experience in Deep Learning and AI
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Kelsey Bower
Field Clinical Specialist
- 5+ years experience in computational neuromodulation research
- Biomedical engineer focused on translating neurotechnology
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Maximilian Hasslberger
Working Student
- M.Sc. Electrical and Computer Engineering at TU München
- 5+ years experience in Software Engineering, 1+ years experience in Signal Processing, 1+ years experience in Machine Learning
