Kieran Harney
Biography
Kieran Harney is CEO of sensiBel, a deep tech optical MEMS company. He has worked in the MEMS industry for over 30 years with over 20 years in the MEMS microphone business. He has held senior management positions at Analog Devices, InvenSense and TDK.
Kieran joined Analog Devices in 1986 in Ireland as a semiconductor packaging engineer. He was engineering manager in ADI Philippines for three years and then joined the ADI MEMS group in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1997 with responsible for assembly and test operations for MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes. In 2004 he started a successful MEMS microphone product line that was sold to Invensense in 2013. He held senior management roles in Invensense and TDK in the MEMS microphone group.
He joined sensiBel in 2022 and served as COO before becoming CEO in 2025.
Kieran is from Limerick Ireland and has a Bachelor of Engineering and MBA from the University of Limerick.
Company Profile
sensiBel
Company Profile
sensiBel is a deep-tech company who has developed the new generation of optical MEMS microphones that deliver studio-quality sound in a miniature MEMS package. By replacing traditional capacitive sensing with advanced optical readout technology, sensiBel achieves unprecedented performance in signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, and sound fidelity. Founded by experts in micro-optics and acoustics, the company’s mission is to revolutionize how sound is captured across consumer electronics, professional audio, and industrial applications. With innovation at its core, sensiBel is redefining what’s possible in microphone technology.
Product & Service
SBM100B
The SBM100B is a high-performance MEMS microphone based on sensiBel’s deep-tech, patented optical technology platform. This microphone delivers studio-quality audio, with 80 dB SNR, 146 dB AOP and 24-bit audio, in a miniaturized package. By combining the MEMS system with advanced optical sensing, sensiBel’s technology enables crystal-clear audio capture in applications where high fidelity and small size are critical. These applications include microphone arrays, enterprise conferencing systems, industrial sound detection, spatial audio, high end smart phones and wearables.
