Founder and CEO, Medai Digital

Dr. Medai Abadi

Dr. Mohammadmehdi Ezzatabadipour · Houston, Texas

A physicist turned builder of business systems. He brings the data science, AI and cloud skills of large energy companies to small and mid-size businesses, so the right clients find them and choose them.

  • PhD in Physics, University of Houston
  • Senior Data Scientist, Enterprise Products
  • Cloud and technology lead, Texas Monthly
  • AI and research scientist, Corva
  • Founder of three technology companies
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Medai Digital LLC · 1001 West Loop South, Suite 700K

At a glance

4

Major Texas organizations served before Medai Digital, two of them worth over $10B:

  • Enterprise Products
  • Anadarko (now Oxy)
  • Corva
  • Texas Monthly
See the work

7

American businesses served by Medai Digital today: law, home services, real estate, studios and gyms, insurance and personal branding.

See the portfolio

1

Partner for your whole system: website, search, Google profile, ads, CRM and AI, instead of a separate vendor for each piece.

See it at Royal Windoor

What we deliver today

  • Technology transformation
  • Cloud and AI operations
  • Digital marketing
  • Websites
  • SEO
  • AI visibility and searchability
  • Google Business Profile
  • Google Ads
  • CRM
  • Lead generation
  • Lead leakage detection and prevention
  • Automation

Why physics, why marketing

Getting found is now a data and systems problem

Google ranks pages with algorithms. Ad platforms run auctions. AI assistants decide which businesses to recommend. Every lead passes through software before anyone calls back. Dr. Medai spent more than a decade on problems like these, first in physics and then in AI for the energy industry. Medai Digital puts that same discipline to work for a local business.

  1. 012013 to 2019

    Science

    A physics PhD in statistical mechanics and complex systems. The habit it left: break a hard problem into smaller ones, solve each, then return to the whole.

  2. 022019 to 2025

    Industrial AI

    Machine learning, cloud systems and optimization at Anadarko, Corva and Enterprise Products, where models had to work in real operations, not just on paper.

  3. 032025 onward

    Medai Digital

    The same toolkit for small and mid-size businesses: websites, search, ads, CRM, automation and AI, built as one system that brings in the right clients.

Career

From the lab to the field to Main Street

Each step added a layer: the mathematics, then the industrial engineering discipline, then the business systems that small firms need.

  1. 2025

    Founded Medai Digital LLC

    Left corporate work in April 2025 to bring enterprise-grade technology and marketing to small and mid-size US businesses.

  2. 2022 to 2025

    Senior Data Scientist, Enterprise Products

    Route and fuel-cost optimization for truck fleets, predictive maintenance for pumps and engines, machine learning engineering and product development. Also led cloud and technology operations for Texas Monthly for three years.

  3. After the PhD

    AI and research scientist, Corva

    First full-time role after the PhD: real-time data, physics and machine learning for energy operations.

  4. 2019

    PhD in Physics

    University of Houston, under Dr. Kevin E. Bassler. Theoretical and computational physics, statistical mechanics, complex systems and mathematics.

  5. 2019

    AI research at Anadarko

    Internship on AI and cloud systems. The research became the 2020 SPE paper "Real-Time Hydraulic Fracturing Pressure Prediction with Machine Learning".

    Read the paper
  6. 2016

    First journal publication

    Co-author of "The Role of Hydrodynamic Interactions in the Rate of Protein Folding" in Biophysical Journal.

  7. 2013

    Houston and the University of Houston

    Arrived in Houston at 23, admitted with funding to the University of Houston physics PhD program directly after his undergraduate degree.

In their words

What people he worked with say

With a broad understanding of and curiosity about various aspects of data, Mehdi wore many hats, excelling in data engineering, cloud engineering, data alerts, data science, and customer service.

I deeply appreciate Mehdi's stellar problem-solving skills and entrepreneurial approach to serving his clients.

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Robert Davila

V.P. Research and Data Insights, Texas Monthly

LinkedIn recommendation, July 2024. Robert was his client.

Mehdi is mathematically brilliant, and is able to work through very complex problems with limited guidance and supervision, quickly defining a path towards an excellent solution.

I know he will accomplish great things across his career.

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Jeremy L. Graybill

Director of Engineering, AI, Data, Analytics and Governance, Crown Castle

LinkedIn recommendation, August 2019, on his Anadarko data science internship.

Excerpts from public LinkedIn recommendations. Read them in full on LinkedIn

What he builds today

One partner, three outcomes

At Medai Digital he designs and builds the whole path from how a business is found to how a new client is answered and followed up. The tools are chosen after the problem is understood.

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Become visible

Search, AI answer engines, Google Business Profile, ads and content, so the right people find the business.

2

Convert attention into revenue

Websites, CRM, intake, call handling and follow-up, so interest turns into booked conversations.

3

Build systems that scale

AI automation, operations design, software and cloud infrastructure, run as one control room.

Who he works with

Clients and partners

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Royal Windoor US

Windows and doors, Houston

External technology and marketing partner: website, search and AI answer visibility, CRM, lead attribution, automation and content, run as one system.

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Parsa Nemati, Royal Windoor

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Your Houston Criminal Lawyers

Sam R. Cammack III, criminal defense, Houston

Digital and technology partner: site clean-up, structured data, practice and county pages, search research.

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Sam R. Cammack III, Attorney at Law

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Alta Mira Realty

Real estate investment and development brokerage, Southern California

AI and technology partner: rebuilt their AI lead generation around how their best people decide, with a prospect algorithm and CRM dashboards.

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Texas Monthly

Magazine and media, Texas

Three years of collaboration on digital renovation, marketing and cloud transformation, leading cloud and technology operations.

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Robert Davila, V.P. Research and Data Insights

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Urban Fit Yoga

Yoga studio, Rice Military, Houston

Digital partner: search audit, site metadata, keyword research and a marketing roadmap for Houston yoga searches.

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Master Wayne Campbell, owner and yoga master

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DOZ Outsourcing Services

Offshore delivery partner, Iloilo City, Philippines

A virtual team since 2010 for lead generation, sales and support, chat and email support, accounting and transcription. Our offshore partner for delivery at scale.

Also, kept anonymous

  • A personal branding and academic placement client
  • An independent life insurance agency

Before Medai Digital

Organizations he has served in industry.

Local partners in Houston

Houston businesses we work alongside, learn from and recommend.

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Royal Windoor

Windows and doors, Houston

Manufactures and installs its own windows and doors. Our home services partner and first named client.

With Medai: Dr. Medai is their external technology and marketing partner: website, search, CRM and AI follow-up as one system.

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Your Houston Criminal Lawyers

Sam R. Cammack III, Houston

Criminal defense in Houston and surrounding counties. Our legal partner, in the same building as our office.

With Medai: Medai Digital is the firm's digital and technology partner, working with office manager Holly A. Quinterro.

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Urban Fit Yoga

Yoga studio, Rice Military, Houston

Heated and non-heated yoga and Stretch Yoga Therapy. Part of our longevity work with studios and gyms.

With Medai: We audited the studio's search presence, set up its page metadata and built its marketing roadmap.

Portrait of Master Wayne Campbell, owner and yoga masterMaster Wayne Campbell, owner and yoga masterVisit site
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USA Fight Company

Kickboxing and jiu-jitsu gym, Houston

Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, fitness and kids classes. Part of our longevity work with studios and gyms.

With Medai: We built the gym's six-month search roadmap and growth plan.

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Prime Permit Houston

Permitting and engineering, Houston

Permit expediting, structural engineering and TDLR compliance. Part of our home services and construction network.

With Medai: Our permitting and engineering partner for home services and construction projects.

Portrait of Saber Nikbakht, P.E., PresidentSaber Nikbakht, P.E., PresidentVisit site
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Kiani Realty

Realtor and brokerage, Houston

Residential real estate in Houston: new construction and pre-owned homes, for sale and for rent.

With Medai: Local friends and partners: a fellow Houston business we work alongside and learn from.

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Other companies he founded

Separate companies from Medai Digital.

How he works

Fundamentals outlive tools

"Merit, quality, and genuine service should win, not simply the business with the best cover photo or catchiest marketing message."

Study the whole system first

Map the business, its inputs, outputs and hidden failure points before touching a tool.

Build, break, rebuild

Push a system to its edge, see what fails first, and rebuild it stronger. Normal operation hides the weak parts.

Ask who has skin in the game

Test every recommendation, including a platform's own, against the client's real economics.

Technology should disappear into the work

A good system works quietly. People notice it when it is gone, not because it demands attention.

View from the Medai Digital office over Memorial Park toward the Houston skyline
The view from Suite 700K, over Memorial Park and Buffalo Bayou.

Shaped by

Mentors in science and industry

Dr. Royce Zia taught him to divide a very hard problem into smaller ones, solve each, and return to the whole. Dr. Medai calls it divide and conquer for the greater good, and it is still how every client project starts.

Academic, University of Houston

Industry and startups

Mentors as described by Dr. Medai. Each card links to that person's own profile. No endorsement of Medai Digital is implied.

Talk with Dr. Medai about your business

A first conversation is about your goals, not a pitch. Or call +1 (832) 807-9640.

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