Eriksholm Summer Camp, 18-22 August 2010

CVs
Speakers
Graham Naylor
Graham was born and brought up in Britain, but has lived in Denmark since 1987.
From an engineering background, he pursued academic research in acoustics and
sound perception at British and Danish universities for 12 years before joining the
staff at Eriksholm in 1993. Graham was responsible for transforming the results of
audiological research into practical amplification rationales for the early generations
of Oticon’s digital hearing aids, and his research into individualised prescriptive fitting
was the basis of what is now ‘Identities’ in the Genie fitting software.
Graham became co-director of Eriksholm in 2000, and has been sole director since
2004, with responsibility for all Oticon’s non product-related audiological research.
He manages Eriksholm’s staff of 20, and coordinates all research projects, both inhouse
and with numerous external partners. When time allows, his current personal
research concerns the unwanted side-effects of compression in hearing aids, and
objective measurement of the outcomes of hearing aid fittings.
Ida Institute
Established in 2007, with a grant from the Oticon Foundation, the Ida Institute is
a non-profit independent educational institute located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
We are committed to generating and imparting innovative, practical and actionable
knowledge that will foster a better understanding of the human dynamics associated
with hearing loss.
Kirsten Lauritsen Anthropologist, is using anthropological practice to understand the
perspectives of the patients and the profession of audiology from new perspectives.
Therese Velde Audiologist, connects these new perspectives to already existing
knowledge within audiology.
Dorthe Hein Learning Specialist, translates concepts and insights produced by the
Ida Institute into practical tools that can be used by audiologists worldwide.
Bo Westergård
Bo joined Oticon in 2001 as Commercial Product Manager with a background in sales
and marketing. Since then, Bo has had many different responsibilities, ranging from
product management over qualitative research and end-user communication, to
project management of Oticon’s branding project in 2009. Today, Bo is working in
Market Intelligence, primarily with project management, communication and anchoring
of qualitative research, primarily focused on user insights.
Virginia Walker
Virginia Walker joined Oticon nearly six years ago, and is currently an International
Project Manager. She began as a product manager on Oticon Delta, a new mini RITE
solution that was heralded by industry analysts as “the first device of its kind to take
a product within this category to a whole new level”. By challenging conventional
industry wisdom to create a new marketing approach, Virginia helped Delta make a
big impact on changing consumer perceptions of hearing aids, and all competitors
used Delta as their benchmark. Virginia continued to build on her experience and
knowledge as a product manager for Dual (the next generation Delta), where she
supported many markets through campaign development and speaking engagements.
Virginia brings nearly 30 years of b2b and b2c marketing experience to Oticon, and
has worked with international companies such as Pepsi Cola and Chevrolet, as well as
in the energy, IT, publishing and shipping industries. Virginia holds a BA in Marketing
Communications from Simmons College, and an MBA from Boston University.
Ole Fogh Olsen
Ole Fogh Olsen joined the Oticon R&D organisation in 2006 with a primary focus on
in-the-ear solutions. In 2007 he started as a project manager and worked in this
capacity in the area where DSP algorithm development meets audiology. In 2010 he
was appointed Director of the Audiology and Algorithms team. Before joining Oticon,
Ole was an Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, where he specialised
in academic research and management. He has supervised and examined several
master thesis and PhD projects. Ole studied at the Universities of Copenhagen, Melbourne
and Minnesota. He holds a Master’s degree (1996) and Ph.D. in Science (2000)
from the University of Copenhagen.
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