Eric Shirley is the President of Patterson Dental, a leading, value-added distributor focused on providing best-in-class products, services and technology to the dental and animal health markets. Prior to joining Patterson, Eric held leadership positions at Midmark, Dentsply International and several other medical device manufacturers. Eric holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Long Beach State University, and a Master of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Seray Cicek is a medical technology innovator and synthetic biology enthusiast. She holds a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and BASc in Engineering Science (Biomedical) from the University of Toronto. Her strong interest in synthetic biology led her to pursue graduate studies in Keith Pardee’s lab. Her graduate studies focused on development of a low-cost diagnostic device for the detection of Zika virus in patient samples, and deployment of these devices in Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil. Seray is the co-founder and CEO of LSK Technologies Inc, a start-up that aims to decentralize diagnostic labs to increase access to traditionally lab-based tests, starting from COVID-19 testing. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Dr. Sara Zeidan is currently a practicing general dentist in the Bay Area and the founder/CEO of DrHuddle. She received her BS degree in Microbiology from San Francisco State university, and after being introduced to dentistry, Dr. Z fell in love with the medicine and artistry aspects of the profession. She went on to achieve her DDS degree from NYU Dental School. Following dental school, and before moving back to the Bay Area, Dr. Z worked in Illinois for a couple years. After moving back to the Bay Area in the end of 2018, she fell in love with the tech startup spirit all around the Bay. So, along with two talented software engineers, Dr. Z has founded DrHuddle.com, a free online platform that facilitates dental referrals between general dentists and specialists. Through DrHuddle, the mission is to add an important software upgrade into the dental field, as dentists can get rid of paper referrals and non-HIPAA complaint emails.

In working as a CPA and starting several small businesses, Levi Morehouse realized that the back-office is a distraction to most entrepreneurs and that they need done-for-you, cloud-based, accounting and reporting and he founded Ceterus in 2008. In the years since, Ceterus has grown quickly, raised millions in venture capital, built an automated accounting platform, and most importantly empowered thousands of entrepreneurs with accounting, reporting, and consulting solutions. More recently Ceterus has begun to provide their accounting platform to CPAs and Accountants who serve as trusted advisors to small business entrepreneurs themselves. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his lovely wife, five boys, and a baby daughter. Jonathan has been with Ceterus for nearly a decade, growing sales and developing new revenue streams in a rapidly changing accounting environment. Jonathan's focus is to empower dental-focused CPA firms to improve their Client Accounting Services business with greater automation, accuracy, and a white-labelled client reporting portal which includes real-time dental P&L benchmarks and industry insights.

Dr. Nammy Patel, DDS (www.sfgreendentist.com) operates a practice called Green Dentistry in San Francisco and is the author of Age With Style: Your Guide To A Youthful Smile & Healthy Living. A graduate of the University of California’s School of Dentistry, she is a leader in the movement to bring environmental sanity and well-being into the dental world. Dr. Patel focuses on helping patients recognize the vital connection between dental health and whole body health. Howard's video on uncovering hidden sugars: https://youtu.be/tcQwbIJG91Y Nammy's video on making your own toothpaste: https://wjla.com/news/lets-talk/learn-how-to-make-toothpaste-and-mouthwash

Dr. Spencer Zaugg received his bachelor degrees in chemistry and microbiology at Weber State University then earned his doctorate in dental medicine at Southern Illinois University. Following dental school, he completed a 1 year full-time fellowship in implant dentistry at SIUE- SDM. He attends several continuing education courses a year as well as lectures on implants. He is a Kois graduate and has earned several degrees, certificates and awards. The education, experience and skill set that Dr. Zaugg has allows him to provide good solid dentistry, which he has great passion!

Sally McKenzie is President and CEO of McKenzie Management, a nationwide dental practice management company which Sally founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979. Prior to founding McKenzie Management, she was an Expanded Duty Dental Auxiliary and Business manager and Instructor of Dental Auxiliary Utilization with the Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Columbus Public Schools. She is also the owner of The Dentist’s Network electronic publication founded in 2006. Prior to founding McKenzie Management, she started one of the nation’s first Dental Personnel placement businesses with four franchises in Ohio and started 75 agencies throughout the U. S. In 2009 to 2018 she was also the publisher and owner of The New Dentist magazine. Sally has lectured through the U. S. and internationally to the nation’s top meetings, state associations, dental universities, regional dental societies and study clubs.

Keli Tointigh began her career in dentistry following a decade of retail service where she was a general manager for the department store, Stein Mart. She graduated from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1999. She then obtained a Master’s degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Keli is married to John Tointigh (21 years) and they have 5 children, Gehrig (18), Boston (15), Maris (10), Nolan (5) and Caroline (3). Keli and John work together on many projects whether it is for Blackhorse Marketing or 406 Resources. They spend all their free time at a baseball field somewhere. With 15 years of experience advertising and marketing medical practices, John has made a career of working with offices to target the right demographic, utilizing a quality message and medium, increasing quality phone calls, which can then be converted into new patients.

Twenty years ago, while still in college, Bryan Currier started Advantage Technologies from his parents’ basement. From those humble beginnings, he’s now grown his company to include 85+ employees and over 800 customers that Advantage Technologies serves daily. Though growth has been abundant for Bryan’s company, he remains passionate about supporting dental entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams of running a successful practice and helping improve the lives of their patients. He offers a no-nonsense approach when speaking about various topics including technology in dentistry, cybersecurity and Ransomware, IT, Cloud-Computing and general business topics at National, state, regional and study club events. While Bryan has presented at national events as large as Chicago Midwinter, he still loves to get in a room with 20 doctors to talk about ways they can grow their business. When he’s not running a successful company or speaking, Bryan enjoys spending time with his extraordinary wife (which he self-admittedly married ”up”), his 4 amazing children, and 5 backyard chickens. An avid aviator, Bryan and his wife are both pilots and take any opportunity possible to travel across the US and explore new places. https://www.adv-tech.com/howardfarran/

Karl Frye is the founder and Principal owner of Frye Practice Sales & Healthcare Real Estate. Karl oversees all aspects: sales, mergers, and acquisition and commercial real estate needs of his clients. Karl created FPS after a 10+ year career in commercial healthcare banking. Karl has successfully worked on hundreds of practice related projects in the all medical verticals with a heavy focus on Dental & Veterinary practice transitions. Karl has worked on single doc projects to expansion projects with 85+ doctors looking to build and expand ASC’s throughout the Southwest United States. Karl lives in Scottsdale with his wife and two daughters, and when he's not coaching his daughters’ sports teams or doing something as a dad, he enjoys golfing, watching college and professional sports, and making different meals on his smoker for his family and friends to enjoy.