Session 4: 12:15-12:55pm
Room: Mainstage
Lunch Speaker CUONG DO, Identifor
“Enabling the pursuit of meaningful lives for each individual autistic teen and adult”
Room: Mainstage
Lunch Speaker CUONG DO, Identifor
“Enabling the pursuit of meaningful lives for each individual autistic teen and adult”
Mr. Do is currently Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy Group for Samsung and was formerly the Chief Strategy Officer for Merck, Tyco Electronics and Lenovo. He was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting firm, where he spent 17 years helping lead the firm's healthcare, high technology and Corporate Finance practices. He serves on Autism Speaks' board of directors and its Executive, Family Services, and Science Committees. He founded Profectum Foundation as a non-profit working to train clinicians and parents on working with autistic children. He currently or previously served on the boards of Celebrate the Children (special needs school in New Jersey), Caring for Cambodia; the National Youth Science Foundation, the Tuck MBA Advisory Board, and WuXi AppTec.
Mr. Do and his wife founded Identifor to help teenagers with ASD make the transition to adulthood. Identifor offers 2 tools: 1) the Identifor website and app to help identify a person’s abilities, skills and interests to help exploration of meaningful education and vocational goals; and 2) the “Companion” app uses an artificial intelligence avatar names Abby to help an adult with various needs throughout the day (when family and aides are no longer around to help). You can find the apps by searching for “Identifor” in the iOS or Google app stores.
Links:
https://www.identifor.com/
Mr. Do and his wife founded Identifor to help teenagers with ASD make the transition to adulthood. Identifor offers 2 tools: 1) the Identifor website and app to help identify a person’s abilities, skills and interests to help exploration of meaningful education and vocational goals; and 2) the “Companion” app uses an artificial intelligence avatar names Abby to help an adult with various needs throughout the day (when family and aides are no longer around to help). You can find the apps by searching for “Identifor” in the iOS or Google app stores.
Links:
https://www.identifor.com/