Photo of Rob Quinn, the CEO of Makesense pitching at the Consumer Electronics show in las Vegas last January.

The team behind the tech

Our growing team shares one mission: to make the world more accessible and inclusive. Combining our diverse expertise with leading industry advice, we’re shaping the future of assistive technology.

Brandon Ellis-Frew

Mathematician

David Leonard

Industrial Designer

Jonathan De Sousa

Software Developer

Vi Nguyen

User Researcher

Sebastiano Zane

Electrical Engineer

Dr Robert Quinn

Founder & CEO

Winner of 2021 Innovate UK Young Innovator Award and 2022 DfT Future Leader Award. PhD in Mechanical Engineering and honorary visiting researcher in Electrical Engineering dept at ICL.

Dr Harry de Winton

Founder & CTO

PhD in high speed machine vision and machine-learning in mission critical applications. Previous experience in 3D depth camera for robotic surgery and natural language processing applications.