John Nissen
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John Nissen is an inventor and technologist. He was educated at Bryanston and Clare College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences.
Nissen worked for many years in telecommunications, including significant senior development work at Marconi. Nissen is now acknowledged as one of Europe's leading experts on synthetic phonics and the process by which children learn to read[citation needed]. His company, Cloudworld, produces assistive readers (notably the WordAloud product) and researches into literacy and technology, including in the developing world such as Sri Lanka.