MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dr. Solomon A. Mensah, CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Solomon Mensah received his PhD in Biomedical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He is the CEO and co-founder of Therapeutic Innovations, the holding company for Airbaby and Optimize training solutions. Through the leadership of Solomon, Therapeutic Innovations has been awarded several grants including the prestigious NSF Innovation Corp grant for entrepreneurship and product development. Solomon has lead multifunctional teams for product development including vascular regeneration and medical devices. Solomon’s expertise includes product development, human resource, entrepreneurship and multiple training solutions for capacity building.Solomon is currently a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Elikem Tettey-Tamaklo, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Elikem(Eli) is an Engineering project manager at NextEra energy. He received his BSc from Northeastern University and MSc from the University of Miami. Eli has a background in entrepreneurship, project management & operations, market validation research, and early-stage startup fundraising, with over 10 years of experience in the start-up space.
Raymond Laguerre, CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Raymond Laguerre Jr is a Board Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with 25 years of experience. Currently a Director at New England Baptist Hospital, Ray’s background is extensive in adult, pediatric and neonatal care, and has included work experience at facilities such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Massachusetts. Ray is directing development on TI’s bCPAP.
Dr. Kayoll Galbraith Gyan, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kayoll Galbraith Gyan is an Associate Director of The Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services. She received her postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in the field of cancer prevention and health equity. She earned her PHD in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Arts in African Studies from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Her program of research examined multi-level factors that affect the access and use of health promoting and cancer prevention behaviors (HPV vaccination, HPV testing, cervical cancer screening, biobanking, and novel medical technologies and advances) among underserved and vulnerable populations.
Akansha Deshpande, PROGRAM MANAGER-GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH
Akansha holds positions as research engineer at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Toner Labs, and as a consultant for Tellbio Inc. Akansha is currently pursuing her MSc in Healthcare Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and received her BSc in Bioengineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Hunter Foote, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Hunter is a founder and executive Chairman at Sober House directory, Vanderburgh House and Vanderburgh Communities. He has expansive experience in finance, business administration, and real-estate development & management. His previous work experience spans start-up funding, financial consulting, private equity and management. Hunter received his MBA from Harvard University and is currently a Humanities PhD candidate at Salve Regina University.
Dr. Dirk Albrecht, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Dirk is an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received his postdoctoral fellowships in health science and technology from The Rockefeller University and MIT, and has a PHD, MSc and BSc from UC San Diego. His PHD dissertation concerned the applications of Microscale Organization of Cells Within 3-D Hydrogels by Dielectrophoresis to Cartilage Biology. Dirk leads engineering development of TI’s products.
Dr. Paul Mangino Jr., RESPIRATORY SIMULATION COORDINATOR AND EDUCATOR
Dr. Mangino, Jr., is a registered respiratory therapist and the founding department chair, program director, and assistant professor for the New England Institute of Technology’s Respiratory Care program. Dr. Mangino has over 18 years of experience in the field of respiratory care and is extensively involved in higher education curriculum development, teaching methodologies, learning outcomes assessment, programmatic accreditation, and academic administration. Dr. Mangino achieved his Doctorate in Higher Educational Leadership (EdD) from Johnson & Wales University. Previously, Dr. Mangino received his Master of Education (MEd) from Johnson & Wales University and a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in the cardiopulmonary sciences from Northeastern University.