Andrew Bellavia is the Dir. of Market Development for Knowles Corp, a leading acoustic solutions provider to the earphone, hearable, mobile, and IoT industries. He is responsible for Knowles’ IEM & earphone transducer business and has also been personally involved in supporting the development of many innovative hearable devices including Bragi, Doppler, Nuheara, and a number of others soon to be released. Andrew is also an advocate for the role technology can play in addressing hearing loss, and in the practical use cases for the coming convergence between hearing aids and hearables. He earned a BSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. When not in the office he can usually be found running the roads of N. Illinois and the world, often photographing as he goes.