ABOUT RAPID MEDICAL

Dr. Haddad is responsible for all Clinical activities in the company. He joined Rapid Medical in June 2017.

Dr. Haddad is a multidisciplinary clinical science executive with over 15 years of experience in clinical research, in the biomedical industry. Before Joining Rapid Medical, Walid lead the Research, including multi-center clinical studies in Europe and the US in various fields such as Cardiothoracic Surgery (CardioGard Medical), Obesity and Diabetes (MetaCure Inc.) and Interventional Cardiology (Impulse Dynamics).

Dr. Haddad holds a Ph.D. in Physiology from the Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Mr. Romero is an accomplished medical device executive responsible for the growth, commercial expansion and general management of the US, Canada and Latin America business. He joined Rapid Medical in January 2021 from Medtronic, where he served as Vice President of Sales, Sales Operations and Global Sales Training for the company’s neurovascular division. He brings with him over 20 years of leadership experience of both growth-stage and large medical device companies. During his career, he has held a number of senior leadership positions in several market segments including Neurovascular, Spine, Neurosurgery, ENT, Robotics, Imaging and Navigation. Mr. Romero holds a B.S. in Psychology from Santa Clara University.

Mr. Havis is responsible for all sales and marketing activities OUS in the company. Mr. Havis joined Rapid in 2013 and has over 13 years of experience in international sales and marketing. Prior to Rapid Medical, Mr. Havis served in various sales positions in Novo GI (formerly NiTi Surgical Solutions Inc.) and in the neurovascular division in Neopharm medical supplies. Mr. Havis holds a BA in Business Administration and Economics from the Haifa University in Israel.

Mrs. Fainshtein is responsible for the production, logistics and supply chain in Rapid Medical. She brings to the company more than11 years of experience in managing production and operational activities. Prior to joining Rapid Medical, she served in various capacities in a variety of companies including Influence Medical Technologies LTD, Disc-O-Tech, NiTi Surgical Solutions and Dentack Implants Ltd. Mrs. Fainshtein holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ural State Technical University.

Mr. Friedman is responsible for all manufacturing machinery in Rapid Medical. He brings to the company more than 20 years of experience in designing and building complex industrial system and specializes in automated processes that are used for medical device manufacturing. Prior to joining Rapid Medical, he served in various capacities in a variety of companies including Bypass, Mindguard, Mediguide and Orthokinematica. Mr. Friedman holds a BSc with honors in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Gedulter is responsible for all R&D and engineering activities in Rapid Medical. Mr. Gedulter brings to the company more than 10 years of experience in managing R&D projects in the medical device industry, leading products development from concept to clinical phase and regulatory submissions. Prior to joining Rapid Medical, Mr. Gedulter served in various R&D positions in a variety of medical device companies including Valcare Medical, Israel Biomedical Innovations (formerly Endogun Medical Systems), Agamit Medical and Dune Medical Devices. Mr. Gedulter holds a BSc with honors in Biomedical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Mrs. Badihi is responsible for all corporate excellence activities at Rapid Medical. Gili has more than 10 years of experience at human resources diverse fields, in mediation and in counselling. Gili joined Rapid Medical at 2015. Prior to joining Rapid Medical Gili worked at Intel, in a private organizational consulting firm and in her own clinic. Gili holds an M.A. in Social Work, specializing in family therapy and a B.A. in Psychology from the Haifa University, Israel. Gili is also a certified mediator with specialization in family mediation from Gome - The Israeli Center for Mediation, Israel and from Gevim Group, Israel.

Michael Barbe is a veteran medical devices market expansion specialist.  He has held senior strategic management roles in large blue chip as well as early stage companies, establishing and growing markets globally.  His portfolio has included cardiac & cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery & neurovascular surgery, as well as orthopedic and spine surgery.

Michael’s experience spans from opening new markets, to acquiring and integrating distribution organizations, to managing  divisions and subsidiaries.  He is familiar with the financial, operational, commercial, legal, compliance, regulatory, and human resources dimensions of establishing and managing medical devices organizations. Michael also speaks Spanish with near native ability, and is fluent in Portuguese.

Mrs. Richardson is responsible for the global marketing strategy, inclusive of product and brand management. Mrs. Richardson joined Rapid Medical in 2020 with over 13 years of experience building and commercializing minimally invasive medical devices in surgical robotics and neuro intervention. Her previous roles include commercial strategy for Emerging Markets at Covidien Medtronic, and marketing roles of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson, Medrobotics, and Penumbra. Mrs. Richardson holds dual BS degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Kinesiology with high honors from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Simes is responsible for key accounts across the European & Asian markets as well as for some of the company’s marketing and training activities. Mr. Simes holds a B.A. in Technological Marketing, which trains for hi-tech management and international marketing experts of high technological products.

Mr. Simes Joined Rapid Medical since 2017 and brings to the company more than 10 years of experience in sales and marketing including medical device experience from J&J, where he served as a regional sales manager for Spine & CMF orthopaedical surgeries.

Mr. Curtis is responsible for the sales leadership and sales strategies in the eastern US market for Rapid Medical.  Mr. Curtis joined Rapid Medical in May 2021 and brings over 20 years of medical device experience in various functions spanning sales, marketing, market development, sales operations, supply chain management, medical education & finance.  Jeff previously held positions at Boston Scientific, Stryker and Medtronic.  Mr. Curtis holds a BS in Finance from Bentley University and an MBA from Boston College.

Mrs. Schafberg brings to the company more than 15 years of experience in the neuroradiological and neurovascular areas. During this time she helped establish several start-up-companies and was part of the success of the mechanical thrombectomy in Germany from its beginning. Prior to joining Rapid Medical she worked for Micrus, Penumbra, ev3 and Neuravi.