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Kevin Semcken, Chairman and CEO

Kevin Semcken is Chairman and CEO of Able Planet Incorporated. Mr. Semcken has an extensive knowledge in identifying, funding and developing early stage companies. Over the past 30 years, he has led the development and commercialization of a wide variety of new technologies, many of which have become the standard of care, worldwide.

Prior to joining Able Planet, he was President & CEO of HealthTek Ventures, a health care

technology development company that restricts funding to early stage ventures that can be actively managed by Mr. Semcken, and his team. He has served on the board of several start-ups and has led a number of companies to substantial investor exits.

Beginning his career in Sales and Marketing in 1981, Mr. Semcken has a history of success in companies ranging from $B market leaders to early stage ventures. Since founding HealthTek Ventures in 1994, Mr. Semcken has served as President & CEO of Genesis Medical Interventional, President & COO of Medical Dynamics, Executive Vice President of San Francisco Science, President of UltraGuide Inc., and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NeoVision Corporation. In addition, Mr. Semcken has consulted for numerous healthcare companies, including Creos Corporation, Nexcura, US Medical Corporation, MedDetect Corporation (Lockheed Martin), and US Surgical Corporation (TYCO), and he is an advisor to CTEK, a Colorado Technology Incubator.

Prior to HealthTek Ventures, Mr. Semcken had a distinguished career in a variety of Sales & Marketing roles and served as Vice President Sales & Marketing for Fischer Imaging Corporation where he turned around company sales leading to a successful IPO.

Mr. Semcken has a B.S. from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, and a M.B.A. from Loyola University in Chicago.
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Dr. Christopher Schweitzer, Chief Audiology Officer

Dr. Christopher Schweitzer received his Ph.D. in Auditory Sciences from the University of Maryland. In addition to a long career in hearing aid research and graduate level teaching, he has extensive experience in the hearing aid industry. This includes serving as Chief of Audiology and co-founder of Audiologic, Inc of Boulder which developed one of the first commercial digital hearing aid systems.

He served on the American National Standards Institute committee on hearing aids, and is past Chairman of the Probe Microphone committee. A previously elected Member of the Executive Board of the American Auditory Society, Dr. Schweitzer has published and lectured extensively in areas of amplification and rehabilitation. He continues to serve as Chairman and Senior Audiologist for the Family Hearing Centers of Colorado.
 

Desmond Smith, Director, Digital Signal Processing

Desmond Smith is an electronics engineer who began his career with the South African Broadcasting Corporation before becoming interested in hearing aids. He has more than 50 years experience in the hearing aid industry and has served on working groups of the South African Bureau of Standards, IEC and ANSI.

 

Mr. Smith is a past president and Fellow of the S.A. Soc. of Hearing Aid Acousticians, has served on the council of the S. A. Acoustics Institute and various committees of the Health Professionals Council of South Africa.

Desmond has traveled extensively and lectured in Europe and the USA. He presently practices as a Hearing Aid Acoustician and is CEO of Acoustimed (Pty) Ltd. which he founded in 1976. He was responsible for the design and manufacture of the first commercially available probe microphone systems using complex test signals.