Most people today live in a chronic state of stress - overactivated, overstimulated, and disconnected from their natural rhythms.
This constant sympathetic dominance erodes sleep, focus, mood, and recovery. Over time, it disrupts the body’s natural ability to self-regulate, a condition known as autonomic imbalance.
Sona exists to retrain and restore healthy autonomic balance in the nervous system - empowering individuals to operate from calm, not fight-or-flight.
Over time, we aim to make adaptive neurostimulation a mainstream tool in preventive and performance medicine, bridging wellness, health tech, and neuroscience.
Why SONA is different
Most existing solutions for stress and recovery - from meditation apps to wearables - help track or manage stress, but they don’t retrain the underlying nervous system. And while non-invasive vagus nerve stimulators have emerged, most apply a static, one-size-fits-all protocol, ignoring how individual physiology changes from day to day.
Sona is the first system built to learn about you.
It continuously measures your body’s responses using heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration rate, and adapts stimulation in real time.The result is closed-loop, AI-driven vagus nerve stimulation that evolves with your nervous system, guiding it back toward balance and resilience.
Meet the Team
Behind Sona is a multidisciplinary team of engineers, neuroscientists, and clinicians united by a single goal - to make precision neurostimulation accessible beyond the lab.
Management
Jane Ollis
CEO
Medical biochemist and environmental scientist with a career spanning NASA, Oxford, and the NHS
Eliot Frazier
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Astrophysicist and AI researcher who scaled Cognism to $100M ARR and led global AI initiatives at AI for Good.
Tony Steffert
Chief Science Officer
Neuroscientist and engineer with research at Imperial College and Goldsmiths, specialising in neurofeedback and brain–computer interfaces.
Pete Bonham
Chief Engineer
Seasoned technical leader in embedded systems and medical devices, with expertise across audio, healthcare, and industrial innovation.
Valentina Acosta
Head of Operations
Operations leader with experience across international organisations, scale-ups and start-ups.
Advisors
Amir Konigsberg
Chairman
Seasoned entrepreneur with multiple successful tech exits, including ventures scaled from concept to international acquisition
Kevin Dewald
Science Advisor
Former Neuralink engineer and open-source pioneer, known for developing widely adopted neurotechnology frameworks.
Professor Richard Gevirtz
Science Advisor
Distinguished psychology professor and global leader in heart-rate variability biofeedback for stress and pain treatment.
Professor David Wilkinson
Science Advisor
Cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Kent, with Oxford and Harvard fellowships and clinical trials in brain stimulation.
Professor Rahul Kanegaonkar
Science Advisor
Consultant ENT surgeon and professor of medical innovation, specialising in hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders.
Sam Lowden
Growth Advisor
Health-tech operator with leadership experience at Babylon Health and Flow Neuroscience, where as Chief Growth Officer he built the commercial engine that drove millions in annual revenue
Ramy Elnagar
Growth Advisor
Co-founder of WhiteMirror, a wellness innovation studio blending design and technology to create restorative environments. Keynote speaker in immersive wellness
Jackie Naghten
Growth Advisor
Retail and brand strategist with senior leadership experience at Marks & Spencer, Topman, Arcadia, and Debenhams.