Who We Are
Akoio® is a premier consultancy specializing in innovative approaches to accessibility and auditory matters.
We are experts in data-driven storytelling, turning complex ideas into clear, engaging narratives that resonate. By combining deep insights with strategic thinking, we ensure your message connects with the right audience and inspires meaningful action.
With extensive expertise in accessibility, design, user experience, auditory health, and retail, we are your trusted partner for everything related to sound, noise, and hearing.
Together, lets craft impactful stories and build stronger connections. Partner with Akoio® to enhance your business and contribute to a world of better sound health.
Services
Product & Service Delivery
We enhance your messaging through customer segmentation, generational insights and consumer behavior analysis. Drawing from our extensive experience in product delivery, retail, and consumer behaviors, we bring unique business insights to audio brands, ensuring they resonate with diverse customer needs and preferences.
Workplace Productivity
We leverage our expertise to improve workplace environments and employee well-being through sound wellness initiatives and workshops that help businesses create healthier, more productive spaces and stronger employee connections.
The Akoio Network
Leverage our network to collaborate and connect with companies dedicated to reshaping accessibility and auditory thinking and gaining deeper insights into the realms of noise, sound, and hearing across the healthspan.
The Akoio Team
Dedicated Experts in Accessibility,
Auditory Health & Consumerism, Design and Retail.
Bill Schiffmiller | Founder, CEO
Bill’s experience includes serving as the former Leader of Accessibility Initiatives at Apple, Inc. In this role, he developed inclusive and accessible solutions integrated into Apple’s global corporate and retail operations. His work in advocacy, customer service, and experience significantly enhanced the Apple brand, setting new standards for accessibility. Bill, a lifelong hearing aid user, is driven by a humanistic philosophy and a commitment to positively impacting lives through sound management and accessibility solutions. His mantra, “Lifelong Sound Health for all,” reflects his dedication not only to those with hearing loss but to everyone.
Michael Piskosz | Director of Research and Client Relations
With over 25 years of experience in the hearing aid manufacturing and audiology industries, Michael has dedicated his career to identifying consumer needs, developing products and services to meet those needs, and driving innovation through creativity and ideation. He steps away from conventional limitations, unlocking the vast array of opportunities to transform auditory health. Michael’s work is driven by a commitment to improving lives through innovative auditory health solutions, blending technical expertise with a deep understanding of human behavior to create impactful products and services.
Publications
Ringing True: Why Audiology Can’t Crack Tinnitus
Don’t worry, this isn’t another article that will barrage you with tinnitus statistics, facts, and figures. This article is designed to make you think critically about why audiology has not been able to crack the tinnitus code.
An Audiologist and a Hearing Aid User Walk Into a Bar and Talk About the Future of Audiology
An audiologist and a hearing aid user walk into a bar. They sit down, order a drink, and begin to chat about all things noise, sound, and hearing. The conversation quickly shifts to auditory healthcare, a topic both are intimately familiar with but from vastly different perspectives.
The Problem of Noise-Lifelong Sound Health by Akoio®
Are we prepared to manage the long-term societal health implications of continuous exposure to intrusive and disruptive noise levels in our lives?