Our Team
Our core team of eight has over 100 years of experience across multiple startups and medical fields.
Sam Owen
Founder & CEO
Sam is a former Halycon Fellow and holds a Master’s in Physics from Georgetown University.
Didier Depireux, Ph.D
Chief Science Officer
Didier has 25 years of clinical research experience focusing on computational neuroscience and hearing. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics.
Jon Akers
Chief Product Officer
Jon has founded numerous hardware startups and is a former faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering school at Lehigh University.
Tom Hardart
Head of Sales and Business Development
Tom has 25 years of startup experience and is a former VP of Sales at AOL. He holds and MBA from Northwestern University.
Jack Daggitt
Operations
Jack was one of the first employees at AOL and has worked on several successful startups as an employee, investor and as a board member.
Zach Giegel, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Zach is Co-founder of GSP Financial and serves as an adviser and CFO at Otolith. He holds and MBA from the University of Maryland.
Colonel Jeff Morgan, Retired, MD.
Adviser
Colonel Jeff Morgan is Former Chief Medical Officer Army Special Operations and practicing surgeon.
Bob True
Transducer Engineer
Bob holds a Master’s of Electrical Engineering and has over 25 years of experience in developing and manufacturing transducers.