Ray Avery
Ray Avery was born in Kent, England. He was an orphan so he spent his childhood in orphanages and foster homes. In Avery’s childhood, he was always mistreated and was always ¨systematically abused¨. When he was young he had dyslexia which was why he was prone to bullying. But he did love to spend his time in libraries, which is also where he educated himself. He developed an interest in science at the age of 14 when he started to wonder. Why was it always warmer when he went into the library? Due to Avery’s dyslexia and learning differences. He was always thinking outside of the box and was constantly coming up with new solutions. From that point on, he was supported by one of his teachers. Of which he encouraged him to attend an agricultural school. He graduated as a scientist and began work conducting experiments.
He made an impulsive decision to move to New Zealand where he became a citizen in only nine months. Frankly speaking, he is pretty old so we could expect that the system back then was different. When he came to New Zealand he continued his experiments in Auckland. He had eventually taken the role of the technical director of Douglas Pharmaceuticals. Later on, he moved to Fred Hollows Foundation in the year of 1992. Which is where he was concentrating on blindness in the developing world. Producing lenses to those suffering from cataracts and was knighted by John Key’s National government in 2011.
Now he is known as a New Zealand pharmaceutical scientist, inventor, author, and social entrepreneur. As he started to question things and found science interesting, he had always found it enjoyable when he was younger. In 2003 he became the founder of Medicine Mondiale, he had mentioned. That was because he believed it was possible to improve healthcare outcomes on a global scale. Continuing with his passion in his career he created a business. Being the CEO/Co-Founder of Jupl NZ Ltd which he leads along with his wife. He made many achievements and received many awards, such as New Zealander of the year in 2010. He currently lives with his wife and two young daughters in Mt Eden and, by all accounts, considers himself a family man. Talking about one of his motivations in the business industry. He loves his family just as much as he loves his career, as he had no family growing up.
Commenting on his business, in a brief description, Jupl established in 2012. Jupl is known to be the leading developer of personal health and safety solutions. As the company also has technology factors. Jupl also announced a global release of a mobile personal application. Called freemium, when Avery talked about his business this is what he said: ¨We are excited to offer our latest personal safety solution free to those most vulnerable in our communities. Now families and small businesses can protect the wellbeing of those they care for with enterprise grade personal safety technology. The Jupl app allows everyone to maintain their personal safety and independence wherever they are.¨ Their cloud software continuously monitors, records and analyses set physiological parameters to inform carers or employers of any emergency situations. ¨ Jupl uses the latest advances in care technology to bring together wearers, carers and monitoring specialists to help manage daily needs. Our cloud-based platform coordinates hardware and software to create a unique and interactive experience that gives everyone access to key features and tools to suit their individual needs. ¨
Avery´s biggest goal was to create infant incubators. But Avery and Brannigan launched Vigil Monitoring in 2012 to develop the biometric watch. Which Avery has said was a spinoff from technology involved in developing his infant incubators.
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