# Trey Tepichin

> Trey Tepichin is the Houston-based co-founder and CEO of Cloud Dentistry, a marketplace for temporary and permanent staffing. Educated at Duke and Harvard Law School, he taught undergraduate economics, practiced commercial litigation in Boston, and led RAN Steel before building a business around direct connections between offices and professionals.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Cloud Dentistry
- **Organizations:** Cloud Dentistry, RAN Steel Fabricators, Murphy & King, Ropes & Gray, Harvard University
- **From:** Mexico City, Mexico
- **Education:** B.S., Economics and Biology, Duke University, J.D., Law, Harvard Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cloud Dentistry with Reza Sanjar; Tepichin also identifies TJ as a co-founder in a public interview., Built a subscription marketplace without hourly rate markups or permanent-hire buyout fees., Cloud Dentistry announced the 2026 ADSO Innovation Award in June 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2005** — Taught undergraduate economics at Harvard while studying law.
- **2005-2009** — Associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston.
- **2009-2013** — Associate at Murphy & King in Boston.
- **2013-2015** — CEO of RAN Steel Fabricators.
- **2015** — Published a December 6 announcement that the Cloud Dentistry beta was going live.
- **2016** — Product launch year as recalled by Tepichin; promoted Cloud Dentistry at the Star of the South convention in January.
- **2025** — Reported approximately 15,000 placements monthly in a July interview.
- **2026** — Cloud Dentistry announced an ADSO Innovation Award and launched Cloud Coaching; Tepichin published an August article about office administration and AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cloud Dentistry with Reza Sanjar; Tepichin also identifies TJ as a co-founder in a public interview.
- Built a subscription marketplace without hourly rate markups or permanent-hire buyout fees.
- Cloud Dentistry announced the 2026 ADSO Innovation Award in June 2026.
- Cloud Dentistry was named a Gold Honoree in the 2026 Dental Innovator Awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published The Agentic Front Office: A Practical Playbook for Dental Practices on August 6, discussing narrowly scoped administrative AI.
- **2026-07** — Cloud Dentistry introduced Cloud Coaching, an on-demand team training platform, announced July 9.
- **2026-06** — Cloud Dentistry announced its 2026 ADSO Innovation Award on June 25.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clouddentistry.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treytepichin
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TTepichin

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Last updated: 2026-10-22