Ralf Knoll is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, futurist, and seed-investor with an impressive resume highlighted by his vast experience in consulting, physics, and investment advisory. He is also a consultant for managers and investors, a philosopher, and an autodidact hailing originally from Bergische Universität Wuppertal, where he obtained his dipl.-Phys. Ing. and advanced to obtain his M.Sc. in Optoelectronic and Laser Devices from Heriot-Watt University, followed by university studies at the University of St. Andrews, where he focused on the same subject matter. Additionally, Ralf attended Harvard University, where he studied Economics & Marketing and Corporate Ethics/HBS case studies. He now runs INOPTEC Limited, a company, he founded in developing an innovative vision enhancement system designed to increase a person's safety through enhanced vision while outdoors or around electronic screens, and he also formerly owned KNOLL - Engineering & Consulting, where he served as a management consultant, investment advisor, and interim manager.