About

Building healthcare systems around the people they serve.

Inspired by Albert Schweitzer's legacy, RRSP Industries was founded by clinicians, researchers and technologists to strengthen healthcare and emergency response systems through adaptive technologies that improve coordination, readiness and patient-centered care.

Mission

We build operational infrastructure for connected care, emergency response and system resilience, translating real-world clinical experience into technologies that help healthcare teams coordinate, adapt, and act around the patient.

Inspiration

Albert Schweitzer — In 1905, a young professor of music and theology felt compelled to answer a call from The Society of Evangelist Missions of Paris seeking a physician. Despite discouragement from many influential figures, Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) pursued his calling, earning his medical degree in 1912.

In 1913 he established his first hospital in present-day Gabon, dedicating his life to serving others. He travelled between villages, built hospitals and trained locals in medicine, promoting self-sufficiency. He funded his work through his books, research and donations, setting a benchmark for sustainable healthcare. In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

More than a century later, despite advances in innovation, resources and knowledge, healthcare systems today still struggle to meet rising demands. Roughly 55% of the global population lacks proper access to healthcare, despite increased spending and R&D.

Inspired by Schweitzer's legacy, RRSP Industries applies first-hand clinical experience to leverage emerging technologies, strengthen healthcare system resilience and improve care delivery through evidence-based practice.

Albert Schweitzer · 1875 — 1965 · Lambaréné
Albert Schweitzer · 1875 — 1965 · Lambaréné
Legacy

A century of healing

  1. 1905
    The calling
  2. 1913
    First hospital
  3. 1952
    Nobel Peace Prize
  4. Today
    RRSP continues
Manifesto

“Through Rethinking R&D, Sustainability and Performance for the medical industry, we build the infrastructure healthcare teams need to coordinate faster, adapt under pressure, and deliver better care around the patient.”

— Aaron Zak, Co-Founder and CEO
Team

The people behind RRSP Industries.

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Aaron Zak

Aaron Zak

Co-Founder & CEO

Aaron Zak is a paramedic, researcher, healthcare innovator, and cognitive engineering specialist with over 15 years of experience across EMS, public health, hospital-at-home care, disaster medicine, and AI-enabled healthcare systems. His work spans the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with a focus on building connected systems that improve emergency response, community-based care, and healthcare resilience.

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Alex Grzeska, M.D.

Alex Grzeska, M.D.

Co-Founder & COO

Graduated at the Medical University of Gdansk with clinical experience across the US and Europe. Currently a faculty member of the Department of Anesthesiology at Hospital Bülach in Zürich and a scientific staff member at the Department of Radio-oncology at the University Hospital Zürich (USZ). Combining his interests in technology and pre-hospital medicine, Alex co-founded RRSP Industries to address the challenges healthcare systems face in the field.

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Hakan Yoztyurk, M.Sc.

Hakan Yoztyurk, M.Sc.

Co-Founder & Data Scientist

Senior full-stack software engineer with a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He builds mobile, web, cloud, and enterprise applications with a strong focus on scalable architecture and AI-driven solutions.

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Sam Liang, M.Sc., M.Ed.

Sam Liang, M.Sc., M.Ed.

Data Analyst

Sam Liang holds an M.Sc. in Statistics and has a passion for building statistical models and performing exploratory data analysis to uncover hidden insights. He joined RRSP to identify patterns within patient, health, and medical data and is dedicated to using his expertise to improve the healthcare industry.

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Dr. Edward Griffor, Ph.D.

Dr. Edward Griffor, Ph.D.

Advisor Board Member

Dr. Edward Griffor is a senior research scientist, for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and associate director for the department of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) for the NIST. Dr. Griffor is an academic researcher with over two decades experience in the US, Europe and South America, together with advanced development leadership in industry over the last decade, which has provided him with the perspectives essential to applying scientific leadership to the challenge of providing standards and paradigms of measurement to support the conception, realization and assurance of cyber-physical systems critical for transportation, energy and medicine.

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Robert Birkhahn, M.D., MPH

Robert Birkhahn, M.D., MPH

Advisory Board Member

Dr. Robert Birkhahn, MD, is a Pisa board-certified emergency medicine physician. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Oregon, Washington ,and New York. He is on faculty as the Research Director at the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College, NY. Dr. Birkhahn has advanced training in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research and currently has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

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Zhan Zhang, Ph.D.

Zhan Zhang, Ph.D.

Advisory Board Member

Dr. Zhan Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Pace University. Dr. Zhangs research spans the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Wearable and Mobile Technology, and Healthcare Informatics, and Social Computing. He is particularly interested in designing, developing, and evaluating novel technologies to support information collection, decision making, and collaboration in highly dynamic health care settings.

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