In episode 88, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Rima Seiilova-Olson, a software engineer, founder, and CEO of Tenvos. This technology company is developing an objective software-based solution to monitor the well-being of workers by objectively identifying impairment.

The World Health Organization defines impairment as “any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function.” However, impairment to many employers leads them to assume that there is a need to implement a drug or alcohol test on a worker, especially in the aftermath of an injury or property damage incident.

Through years of research, Ms. Seiilova-Olson and her team have developed a solution that uses a person’s voice to evaluate their emotional and mental state compared to an individual baseline and determine impairment before assigning people to work that will expose them to hazards that could be harmful. The goal is to evaluate the human “operating system” more objectively and to determine the existence of impairment in a proactive but not intentionally punitive way.