Jan 11 2023 48 mins
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) continue the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers podcast series with a conversation with IrisVision CEO and co-founder, Ammad Khan. Videos illustrating the transformational power of IrisVision for people with low vision on their YouTube channel that includes a powerful user reaction video you don 't want to miss.
In October of 2022, Ammad Khan also become the Founder and CEO of Radius XR, a vision health platform that pioneered a new standard of vision diagnostics making routine vision care accessible to everyone. Prior to IrisVision, Ammad founded and served as CEO of CitrusBits, a mobile app agency that creates award-winning mobile technology and applications for global brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Burger King, Quiksilver, Symantec, and Sotheby’s.
Ammad’s experience spans a variety of companies at the intersection of medicine and technology, where he has led the company’s mission to enable millions of legally blind people to, “see clearly and live fully.” Under his guidance, IrisVision has secured funding from the National Eye Institute and other prestigious investors, forged partnerships with global industry leaders such as Samsung and expanded global sales across North America, Europe and Australia. A thought leader in medtech, vision assistive and mobile technologies, Ammad has spoken at many technology and vision science events and has been quoted in Forbes, Fast Company and the New York Times.