Starkey Hearing Technologies CEO and leadership

Bill Austin is a Co-Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies. He has worked as President/CEO/Owner/Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies.

Dr. Achintya K. (Achin) Bhowmik is the chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering at Starkey, a privately-held medical devices company with over 5,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s technology strategy, global research, product development and engineering departments, and leading the drive to transform hearing aids into multifunction wearable health and communication devices with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence.Previously, Dr. Bhowmik was vice president and general manager of the Perceptual Computing Group at Intel Corporation, where he was responsible for the R&D, operations, and businesses in the areas of 3D sensing and interactive computing, computer vision and artificial intelligence, autonomous robots and drones, and immersive virtual and merged reality devices.Dr. Bhowmik also serves on the faculty of Stanford University as an adjunct professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, advises research, and lectures in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, sensory augmentation, computational perception, and intelligent systems. He has held adjunct and guest professor positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Liquid Crystal Institute of the Kent State University, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.Dr. Bhowmik is a member of the board of trustees for the National Captioning Institute, board of directors for OpenCV, industry advisory board for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and board of advisors for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also on the board of directors and advisors for several technology startup companies.His awards and honors include Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Fellow and President-Elect of the Society for Information Display (SID), Healthcare Heroes award from the Business Journals, Industrial Distinguished Leader award from the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, IEEE Distinguished Industry Speaker award, TIME’s Best Inventions, Red Dot Design award, and the Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough award. He has authored over 200 publications, including two books and 39 issued patents.Dr. Bhowmik and his work have been covered in numerous press articles, including TIME, Fortune, Wired, USA Today, US News & World Reports, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Scientific American, etc.

Archelle Georgiou, MD is an Health Expert at Hubbard Broadcasting, Founder at MyHealthCompare, and Chief Health Officer at STARKEY INC and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked as Health Expert at Fox News; EVP, Strategic Relations at UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC; and Board Member at Society for Women's Health Research. Archelle works or has worked as Member Board of Directors at HEALTHWAYS, INC and Advisor at Mental Workout. She attended Johns Hopkins University between 1981 and 1986, Johns Hopkins University between 1981 and 1983, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/The between 1981 and 1986.

Experienced Chief Innovation Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Skilled in Medical Devices, Audiology, Public Speaking, Management, and Healthcare. Strong product management professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Hearing Science from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Mary has over 30 years experience working with management teams on their challenges of aligning operations with strategic initiatives; reorganizing for long-term growth; improving business processes and performance; decreasing costs and maximizing reviews. Her career has spanned public accounting, executive level corporate positions and professional consulting. Mary has worked in or with emerging growth and global companies, new ventures and owner-managed firms. Before taking this role Mary was a principal at Acuity Strategic Consulting. Prior to Acuity Strategic Consulting, Mary was the Chief Executive Officer of Polaroid Corporation. Before Polaroid, Mary was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer for St. Paul Venture Capital a large early-stage venture capital firm and Chief Operating Officer of WeberShandwick an international public relations and marketing communications company. Mary has been active in many non-profit and for-profit company boards. She currently is on the Board of Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

My educational track in Switzerland was in banking, yet I never really connected with it. Then, after serving as a First Lieutenant in the Swiss Army and leading a platoon of 35 and completing University, I realized leadership was where I belonged. Through my network I secured a role in the manufacturing side of the medical industry and felt at home.

My early career is full of consolidations and changes. However, it was through these early roles that I established rapport with the Amplifon Group. They recruited me to join the retail side of the industry, and I have been on the retail side since that day.

I developed a reputation with Amplifon Group of persevering and getting the job done. As a result, I was repeatedly challenged to turn around struggling areas of the business. To succeed in these environments I have developed a clear leadership style and approach. I work to anticipate market trends, stipulate a strategy and then execute it. I believe in speedy execution of the stipulated strategy since we are rarely afforded the luxury of time in any given market.

My teams have come to appreciate my clear communication and style. I support and guide my team through conviction and leave no room for misunderstanding. It is important to me that we move forward together-as a unit. I understand that people are at the core of my success and I develop workplace environments that recognize the importance of individual contribution and inclusion.

A couple of my proudest career achievements include:

►TRANSFORMING AMPLIFON USA: There was a good number of skeptics about the chances of my succeeding at turning this ship around. However, after persevering through the initial obstacles, a clear strategy was stipulated, a strong management team was built and together we pushed through and executed.

►SUCCESSFULLY ANTICIPATING MARKET TRENDS: Through market analysis, in 2008 anticipated a need to move Miracle-Ear franchise locations out of Sears.

Bill Austin is a Co-Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies. He has worked as President/CEO/Owner/Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies.

Bill Austin is a Co-Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies. He has worked as President/CEO/Owner/Founder at Starkey Hearing Technologies.

Dr. Achintya K. (Achin) Bhowmik is the chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering at Starkey, a privately-held medical devices company with over 5,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s technology strategy, global research, product development and engineering departments, and leading the drive to transform hearing aids into multifunction wearable health and communication devices with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence.Previously, Dr. Bhowmik was vice president and general manager of the Perceptual Computing Group at Intel Corporation, where he was responsible for the R&D, operations, and businesses in the areas of 3D sensing and interactive computing, computer vision and artificial intelligence, autonomous robots and drones, and immersive virtual and merged reality devices.Dr. Bhowmik also serves on the faculty of Stanford University as an adjunct professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, advises research, and lectures in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, sensory augmentation, computational perception, and intelligent systems. He has held adjunct and guest professor positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Liquid Crystal Institute of the Kent State University, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.Dr. Bhowmik is a member of the board of trustees for the National Captioning Institute, board of directors for OpenCV, industry advisory board for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and board of advisors for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also on the board of directors and advisors for several technology startup companies.His awards and honors include Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Fellow and President-Elect of the Society for Information Display (SID), Healthcare Heroes award from the Business Journals, Industrial Distinguished Leader award from the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, IEEE Distinguished Industry Speaker award, TIME’s Best Inventions, Red Dot Design award, and the Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough award. He has authored over 200 publications, including two books and 39 issued patents.Dr. Bhowmik and his work have been covered in numerous press articles, including TIME, Fortune, Wired, USA Today, US News & World Reports, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Scientific American, etc.

Experienced Chief Innovation Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Skilled in Medical Devices, Audiology, Public Speaking, Management, and Healthcare. Strong product management professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Hearing Science from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.