Lisper was designed by Jon Racinskas, a Hollywood writer/producer and head of a top film school who left the industry to lead a technical R & D team in Seoul. Together with Rick Racinskas, who holds 5 tech patents, including the fibre optic switch, they founded (r)evolve to design industry-specific tools to reduce costs and improve efficiency. For their first venture, Lisper, they decided to take on the film industry.