CEO AT .LUMEN, FORBES U30 EU, GLOBAL BUSINESS HALL OF FAME LAUREATE, JCI'S TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS OF THE WORLD Cornel Amariei is a distinguished Romanian inventor, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker known for his significant contributions to assistive technology and robotics. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Robotics, from Technische Universität München (TUM) in 2016. Cornel is the CEO and Founder of .lumen, a company he started in 2017 that focuses on developing assistive technologies for visually impaired individuals. His most notable invention is the Lumen device, which aids navigation for the visually impaired through sensory substitution techniques. Prior to founding .lumen, he worked as an Innovation and R&D Engineer at Continental AG from 2015 to 2018, where he contributed to the development of several patents and advanced automotive technologies. Cornel has been recognized with numerous awards, including being named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2018, receiving the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 honor in 2019, and being awarded EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Romania in 2018.