Podcast: Polycom supporting Operation Smile in Agadir, Morocco

Bob Knauf

It is not often that a technology company employee gets the opportunity to travel to the other side of the world to help children with cleft palates and change their lives forever for the better. That is what Bob Knauf, Global Vertical Solutions Manager for Polycom did a short time ago. He explained to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication, that the entire team had a wonderful experience.
It started by setting up the technical equipment.  This allowed the doctors to broadcast the operations around the world as a teaching session.  A secondary function for the equipment was to be used as training instruments for the patients.  After the operation, they would have to learn how to talk again.  The Polycom equipment allowed the speech therapists to provide their service remotely.

Marty Sexton, Brian Larnerd, Bob Knauf, Chris Bryant with Operation Smile, Karina Kupczak, Sonal Bisht,
Once the equipment was operational, Bob and the rest of the Polycom team assisted the children through the operations. Listen in as Bob conveys the emotional highs and lows that the potential patients and patients experience.  Hear of the overwhelming joy the parents and child experience when they see the newly reconstructed facial area and palates. Great job Polycom and Operation Smile team!
For more information, go to: http://www.polycom.com/ or https://www.operationsmile.org
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