About us
Mission
Our goal is to improve the lives of the more than 1.5 Billion people worldwide that have difficulty hearing
Team
Knisper–founded as Audus Technologies–was created by Marciano Ferrier, a former ENT doctor from The Netherlands. Singularly dedicated to serving hearing-impaired patients, he sought the best technology to help them. Increasingly frustrated by the lack of innovation within the hearing aid industry, he took matters into his own hands. Together with a dedicated team of developers and other specialists he developed this groundbreaking technology that improves audibility and speech intelligibility of audio on any device.
Advisory board
Afke Schaart-Taghzout
Afke Schaart-Taghzout is a senior executive with extensive international experience in corporate affairs/communications, space and tech policy, AI and digital inclusion. As SVP International Affairs at Eutelsat Afke leads Global Policy, Market Access, Government Affairs, and International Relations for Eutelsat/OneWeb, the only European Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Afke works and lives in Paris.
Harald Swinkels
Harald Swinkels founded Exosphere, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands based film production company. Harald is an award-winning writer, director and producer and a serial entrepreneur. Before following his childhood dream into film, he founded several companies together with Pieter Schoen, the most famous being Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij, which became the largest independent energy supplier in the Netherlands.
Michel van Wissen
Michel van Wissen is currently EVP Large and Corporate Enterprises at KPN, the largest Telco & Cable provider in The Netherlands. An experienced telco-executive, he has deep understanding of how innovation is prerequisite for adapting to changing customer demands.
Jan de Laat
Jan de Laat is a clinical physicist and audiologist at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands. With over 40 years at LUMC, he has contributed significantly to the field of audiology, focusing on hearing function measurement and the psychological and psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment. His research includes developing hearing screening methods and addressing the environmental impact of hearing healthcare.