Prior work · 2014–2023

Communication products I helped build

I’ve helped build communication tools recognized by CES, TIME magazine’s Best Inventions, and Red Dot’s Best of the Best.

My work spans product management, language systems, and clinical research at Cognixion, Tobii Dynavox, Avaz, and my practice, LanguageCraft.

Cognixion

December 2019 – August 2023

Director of Product and Clinical

Toronto

Luke demonstrating the Cognixion ONE Nexus headset during a 2022 interview.
2022 · ONE Nexus demonstration

Cognixion ONE / AXON-R

Cognixion ONE combines augmented reality with a non-invasive brain-computer interface for assistive communication. As Director of Product and Clinical, I led product management and clinical research for Cognixion ONE and AXON-R. ONE Axon received FDA Breakthrough Device designation in 2023.

Watch my 2022 ONE Nexus demonstration with Allison Sheridan, or listen to my 2021 interview about clinical work and brain-computer interfaces.

AXON-R was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025.

Portable communication boards with words and pictures for patients who cannot speak.
2020 · COVID-19 communication flipbook

Communication during COVID-19

I helped develop communication tools for patients who could not speak while on a ventilator. The ASHA Leader covered this work in “SLP Brings AAC to COVID-19 Patients.”

Tobii Dynavox

June 2018 – January 2020

Director of Product Management

Stockholm · Pittsburgh · Bergen

Hardware and software portfolio

My work covered product strategy, customer experience, portfolio planning, and messaging. I managed product managers across the hardware and software lines below, alongside Snap + Core First and Speech Case.

Snap + Core First vocabulary grid displayed on a mounted Speech Case tablet.
Snap + Core First on Speech Case

Snap + Core First

Snap + Core First is symbol-based communication software built around core vocabulary. I worked on product strategy and how the software reached customers and the teams supporting them.

The turquoise Speech Case with handles and an iPad running Snap + Core First.
Speech Case · 2018 product photograph

Speech Case with iPad

A durable case with integrated speakers, switch access, and wheelchair-mounting options. Paired with an iPad and Snap + Core First, it forms a speech-generating tablet. Speech Case was a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in Tech For A Better World.

Avaz

April 2014 – March 2018

Director of Clinical Research & Development

Chennai

An Avaz AAC communication tablet being used during a therapy session.
Avaz AAC · in use

Avaz AAC

Avaz AAC is picture-based communication software for people with complex communication needs. My work included clinical content and language development alongside the app team.

I wrote about my clinical practice in “Finding David’s Space” (2017).

LanguageCraft

Founded 2014

Founder · Speech-language pathologist

Portland, Oregon

Video still from the interview with CoughDrop founder Brian Whitmer.
2015 interview · Published by CoughDrop in 2016

Clinical practice & FreeSpeech

I founded LanguageCraft as a pediatric speech-language practice in Portland, Oregon. I worked with children with complex communication needs and their families, and co-created FreeSpeech with the Avaz team.

My 2015 essay on interdisciplinary care describes the clinical approach. In a LanguageCraft-era interview, I spoke with CoughDrop founder Brian Whitmer about building communication tools.

Talking With Tech podcast artwork.
Talking With Tech · AAC conversations

Talking With Tech

I co-hosted conversations about AAC with Rachel Madel and Chris Bugaj, including our Core Words Roundtable. In the first episode, Rachel and I interviewed Avaz founder Ajit Narayanan about communication tools in India and universal design.

Other clinical and community work

  • Socky by Ola Mundo

    I served as Chief Clinical Officer for Socky, an AAC company based in Israel.

  • SpeechScience

    I co-founded SpeechScience, an educational media network for speech-language pathologists. Talking With Tech was part of that work. A 2018 speaker bio records my role.

  • Autism Society of America

    I contributed to strategic planning and working groups.

  • Adler’s Voice

    I chaired public relations, supporting AAC education and fundraising for people with communication needs and their families.

  • MA thesis

    Corpus-based research on speech during treatment for schizophrenia.

  • Clinical practice

    I practiced speech-language pathology in public schools, private practice, and home health. Working directly with people who use communication tools shaped my product work.

My résumé includes more of the clinical, education, and advisory work.

Product and media imagery: Cognixion / NosillaCast, Tobii Dynavox, Avaz, CoughDrop, and Talking With Tech. Each section links to the original sources.