Paulina Riedler, RN is the CEO and co-founder of Spakinect.
An inspiring nurse entrepreneur, she transformed a growing compliance gap in the med spa industry into a healthcare innovation. In 2012, she and her husband, Alain Gazaui, noticed a rise in enforcement actions against providers without proper GFEs and set out to build a model that protected both patients and providers, without slowing down business.
What began in California with three employees has grown into an enterprise that employs 50+ professionals and serves more than 4,000 medical spas across the U.S. – all without outside investment. As the original innovator in this space, Spakinect remains the industry leader in the model it created.
Paulina brings more than a decade of experience developing clinical operations protocols and training medical providers. Her expertise has influenced state-level legislation within the med spa industry, and she has shared her insights on leading podcasts including Legal 123s with ByrdAdatto and Spa Marketing Made Easy. She also founded the National Med Spa Society, a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for patient rights in aesthetics.
Paulina and her growing family call Durham, North Carolina home. When she’s not running Spakinect, she can be found salsa dancing or perfecting her cinnamon roll recipe.
