Mandy Salomon

Dr. Mandy Salomon is an entrepreneur working at the intersection of creative media, human-computer interaction and cultural gerontology to build next-generation tools for people living with dementia and those who support them.

As Mentia’s co-founder and CEO, Mandy’s focus is applying innovative technologies to solve the large-scale senior care challenges of scaling expertise and up-skilling care staff for better health outcomes.

Dr. Salomon received her Ph.D. at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne (Australia) for her work on inclusive design for people with dementia, and for developing digital systems that enable them to participate. While there, she conducted studies that showed the acceptance of 3D virtual worlds for people living with dementia and the psycho-social advantages of using them. Stirling University’s Dementia Services Research Centre (UK) selected Dr. Salomon’s research for its ‘Ideas today that will impact tomorrow” award, describing her work as ‘digital empathy’. She was also the recipient of the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre’s ‘CEO award for Best PhD‘. Dr. Salomon also holds an MA in Media and Communication, and a BA in Drama and Visual Arts. She draws on an extensive body of work across television, radio, theater, print media, and applied research.

Mandy brought Mentia to the US in 2017, where it is a portfolio company at Launchpad Digital Health in San Francisco.