ARIA-Team

For many of us at ARIA this is the most important work we will ever undertake

Our team includes world-class innovators, engineers, scientists and designers who have developed many of the technologies that underpin the AR efforts of companies like Microsoft, Apple, Dolby and Magic Leap

The Aria team is a pretty diverse group - from interns to distinguished professors, from fresh-faced junior engineers to grizzled industry veterans. We hail from 16 countries around the world and have 15 mother tongues. We're from Tasmania and Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai, Melbourne and Manila, Launceston and Los Angeles and a dozen other places in between. Diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences, deep expertise, layered with creativity and disciplined focus is who we are. We’re growing something new, and with it, a place for people looking to grow themselves.

Executive Team

Robert Yearsley

CEO & Co-Founder

Robert is a serial entrepreneur and technologist working at the intersection of Augmented Reality, Assistive Artificial Intelligence and Biosensors. Robert has a 20-year history of building consumer technologies and businesses in Silicon Valley and Australia, including Digital Video Recording (1999), Personal Tablet Computing (2003), Video on Demand (2004), Ad Supported Video on Demand (2006), and Cross Platform Realtime Collaboration of Digital Writing and Drawing (2011).

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Mark Harrison

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer

Mark is a veteran entrepreneur with a 25-year history of building technology-centric companies and with 30 years of experience designing user-facing technical systems. He has co-founded a technology and law firm (1999), a global Influencer Marketing agency (2005), and an online marine industry marketplace (2013). Before becoming an entrepreneur, Mark was a technologist for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group, Bell Atlantic, Primedia and Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Warren Bingham

Global Vice President

Warren Bingham brings over 30 years of experience in the Medical Devices sector and is the Founder and Executive Chairman of MedTech International, Board member of the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), Executive Chairman of OmnisOva and Chairman of the Board of Agscent. In 2000-2014, he was President of the Australian subsidiary of Given Imaging Ltd who pioneered PillCam® technology. Globally, the company evolved from a start-up to trade sale for approx. $1 Billion.

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Engineering

Dr Glenn Dickins

IP Development & Technology Advisor to the CEO

Glenn brings a 25-year career experience in full-stack AR/VR systems developed through to commercial products. With a core interest and passion for spatial sound, and the deep link to human perception and presence, Glenn has also research and philanthropy activities in the field.

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Marx Vergel Melencio

Computer Vision Engineer and Rapid Prototyping Specialist

Marx Melencio is a machine vision engineer and rapid prototyping expert, specialized in the development of assistive and adaptive DIY technologies for PWDs (persons with disabilities). His past projects include prototypes of open source, DIY 3D printed assistive eyeglasses for the blind under an R&D project funded by the Department of Science & Technology of the Philippines; a bilingual Filipino-English neural text-to-speech synthesizer for the blind; a voice cloner and a wearable American Sign Language to speech output prototype for the deaf.

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Dr Ibai Gorordo

Senior Engineering Advisor

Dr. Gorordo is a Senior Engineer with a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan) where he was honored with the Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship. Dr. Gorodo is responsible for a large part of the engineering of ARIA's clinical trial prototypes and in his academic career has contributed to several research projects focused on the development of new sensor systems for assistive devices.

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Design

Anastasia Devana

Head of Audio Experience

Anastasia is an internationally recognized leader in spatial audio design and technology with a proven track record of delivering innovative award-winning experiences, and generating technical and creative IP. With a unique dual background in software engineering and music composition, Anastasia thrives at the intersection of technology and artistry.

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Training

Daniel Kish

Director of Training

Daniel Kish is an American expert in human echolocation and the President of World Access for the Blind (WAFTB), a California-registered nonprofit organization.

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Community

Julee-anne Bell

Community Relations / Blind Expert

Julee-anne is the Managing Director of World Access for the Blind, Australia, the independent Australian affiliate of the California-registered non-profit WATFB

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Advisory Board

Dr Michael Harries

Partner, AI and Emerging Technologies, The Robotics Hub

Michael is a partner with ‘The Robotics Hub’, an early-stage robotics and AI fund. The Robotics Hub works with portfolio companies to produce outstanding businesses from early concepts & technologies.

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Anita van der Meer

Founder & Director, Innoveren Pty Ltd

Anita brings over 20 years of clinical commercialisation experience and connections in public health and the private sector including multinational pharmaceutical and medical technology companies and start-ups.

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Henk Vliestra

President, RYMATH Enterprises, fmr. COO Magic Leap

Henk Vlietstra is an international businessman with over 20 years of experience in global fortune 150 companies.

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Clinical Research

Dr Lil Deverell

Mixed Methods Investigator

Dr Lil Deverell is a mixed methods investigator who created the VROOM and OMO tools in the context of bionic vision research. These tools measure functional vision and orientation and mobility (O&M) skills during ordinary O&M assessments in every-day places. She explores relationships between clinical and functional measures in orientation and mobility research.

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