Robots for Safe Patient Handling

Team

  • Dr. Ravi Tejwani

    FOUNDER & CEO

    Ph.D. in Robotics from MIT. Industry leadership experience working at IBM, Schlumberger, and NASDAQ. Holds 20 patents.

  • Joe Curtatone

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Former Mayor of Somerville serving nine terms from 2004 to 2022. His leadership helped Somerville earn an award of “best-run city in America.”  

  • Katana Finlason

    ENGINEERING LEAD

    M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

  • Andy Dequin

    MECHANICAL ENGINEER

    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

  • Corrina Berger

    MECHANICAL ENGINEER

    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

  • Anne O'Brien

    DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Former Director of Nursing and Respiratory Services at Hebrew SeniorLife.

  • Yakov Sergeev

    MANUFACTURING LEAD

    Decade of Industry Experience in manufacturing and design.

  • Hailey Parsons

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UConn.

Advisors

  • Jay Colbert

    VP, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

    Jay represents District 3 states : Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

  • Dr. Tammy Retalic

    FORMER CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, HEBREW SENIOR LIFE


    Served as Chief Nursing Officer and VP of Patient Handling at Hebrew Senior Life until 2026.

  • Dr. Lawrence Stankovits, MD

    PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

  • Dr. Marc Menkowitz, MD

    ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

  • Peter Mullane

    MANAGING PARTNER, 3M LAW

  • Dr. Jonah Jacob

    GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

  • Idriz Limaj

    HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE, NEFRO HEALTH

Partners

Somerville Fire Department

Fire Responders

Chelsea Fire Department

Armstrong Ambulance Service

Ambulance Services

Cataldo Ambulance Service

Hospitals

Nursing Homes