Team

Mehdi Arani
Co-Founder & CEO
Mr. Arani completed his graduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2005. He has 15 years of experience in medical device commercialization and product management, both in clinical and consumer healthcare markets. Mr. Aranihas launched technologies in Neuro-Rehab, Orthopedic, ENT surgery, and IoT patient monitoring.

Roberto Medina Bujalance
Head of Engineering
Roberto is the Head of Engineering at Tidal Medical Technologies. He specializes in hardware design and embedded systems. With over 12 years of experience, Roberto has been involved in deploying various advanced projects in the Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). In 2015 Roberto founded Sosteco, a consulting company helping cities and businesses make the best of new technological opportunities.

Hasan Kakli, Md
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Hasan Kakli, MD graduated from medical school in 2009 and has training in surgery, family medicine and hospice/palliative care. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Palliative Care. Dr. Kakli has experience as a Regional Medical Director for a large physician staffing agency. He also serves as Director of Emergency Medicine for several ERs in the greater Houston area.

Farid Farahmand, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Farid Farahmand leads the software and hardware teams at Tidal Medical. He began his career working at what is now Alcatel-Lucent. His last position at Alcatel was research scientist, working on future terabit optical networks. Farid has multiple patents and many technical and educational publications, as well as several book chapters. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is currently a professor at Sonoma State University, CA.

Alex Farahmand, MD
Co-Founder & President
Alex Farahmand, MD is Board Certified in Family Medicine with fellowship training in Emergency Medicine. He has over 5 years of experience as Director of Emergency Medicine for many ERs in Texas. Dr. Farahmand is himself a medical entrepreneur and owns an urgent care chain.
Our Vision
Help people breathe deeper and live better
Our Mission
Develop the most comprehensive Respiratory Care platform to prevent respiratory complications from hospital to home.