Benco Dental
Bob Ashworth — Territory representative. Ashworth has nearly a decade of experience as a service technician. He will bring his extensive knowledge of dental equipment and products to customers in the Winston-Salem, N.C., region.
Gino Barone — Territory representative. Prior to joining Benco Dental, Barone was president of an online new home locator service. He holds degrees in real estate and criminal justice. His territory is Houston, Texas.
Michael A. Correal, — Territory representative. Correal holds a degree in biological sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a sales professional since 2000 and will cover West Palm Beach, Fla.
Matt Darby — Territory representative. Prior to joining Benco Dental, Darby was a sales rep for Biomet Orthopedics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from the Ohio State University. His territory is Columbus, Ohio.
Chance R. Donnelly — Territory representative. Donnelley began his career in dental sales in 2000. He brings more than seven years of experience to Benco Dental and his customers in Texas.
Kina Gilmack, CDA — Territory representative. Gilmack studied dental assisting at Indiana University and worked in private practice before beginning a career in dental sales. Her territory is in Chicago and northwest Indiana.
John Harlett — Territory representative. Harlett has more than 25 years of experience in dental sales. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green University in history and foreign language. His territory is in Indianapolis and the surrounding areas.
Britt Luthren — Territory representative. Luthern has been a sales professional since 2000. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in sports administration and marketing. He will cover the Columbia, S.C. area.
Lester Mason — Territory representative. Mason has more than 10 years of experience in sales, and over six years in dental. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and he will serve customers in the Birmingham area.
Bill Schaeffer — Territory representative. Schaffer is a longtime healthcare sales rep, beginning his career in 1989 and working with such prestigious companies as Boston Scientific and American Medical Systems. He attended the Wharton School of Business and will work in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Robert Sclabrini — Territory representative. Scalabrini graduated from Montclair State University with a degree in marketing and business management. He has been a sales professional for nearly two decades and will serve customers in northern New Jersey.
Cadent
Daniel Pitkowsky – Vice president, iTero operations. Pitkowsky held many senior positions throughout his career, beginning as a manufacturing services consultant in the Far East and Europe for McKinsey and Price Waterhouse.
CMP Industries LLC
Elaeh N. Raphael – Director of international business. She has more than 20 years of experience with international business. She speaks four languages and has traveled the world extensively.
Ann Schmitt — Manager of technical services. She has worked in the laboratory industry her entire career and received her own CDT in 1991. Most recently, Schmitt had managed a partial denture department in the Midwest.
DentalEZ® Group
Matthew Bowen – Sales representative. Bowen will be responsible for the promotion and sales of DentalEZ’s complete line of StarDental® brand products. His territory will include the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Mark Hayde – Sales representative. Hayde will be responsible for the promotion and sales of DentalEZ’s complete line of StarDental® brand products. His territory will include the states of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Southern Illinois.
LED Medical Diagnostics Inc.
David Cox – President. Cox assumes this position from Steven Semmelmayer, who continues to serve as chairman of the Board of Directors. Cox will continue to serve as president of LED Dental Inc., a subsidiary of LED Medical Diagnostics and manufacturer of the VELscope Oral Cancer Screening System.
Zimmer Dental
Harold C. Flynn – President. Flynn previously served as vice president and general manager of Abbott Hematology, a business unit of Abbott Laboratories, a global leader in human diagnostics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.
Zhermack
Todd Lester – Managing director. Lester, who will be responsible for building the Zhermack brand and market share in the United States and Canada, has been in the dental industry since 1993, serving in a variety of roles including product manager, regional sales manager, national account manager, marketing manager and director of marketing.
DenTek
Pamela J. Runge – Vice president, professional oral care. Runge previously served for over six years as director of corporate marketing and U.S. dental sales for another dental manufacturer. Runge has more than 20 years of experience in the dental industry.
Midmark
Doug Gouger – Sales representative. Gouger’s background includes territory manager for a dental equipment manufacturer, where he was awarded salesperson of the year in 2002 and 2005. His territory will be Southern California.
Novalar Pharmaceuticals
Jeffrey Lord – Vice president of sales. Lord brings more than14 years of national sales experience in dentistry, both direct and through distributors. Lord has served in many roles in previous positions, including area vice president, regional sales manager, regional sales manager, and territory manager.
Henry Schein Dental
Nichele Adkins – Field sales consultant. Adkins will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Chicago center. She previously worked as a major account consultant with CareerBuilder for three years.
Nathan Ansell – Field sales consultant. Ansell will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Chicago center. Previously, he worked as an account executive for eight years at the
FedEx Corporation.
Simon Battle – Field sales consultant. Battle joins Henry Schein Dental at its Detroit center. He has 12 years of dental experience, including eight years at another dental dealer.
John Bertagni – Equipment sales specialist. Bertagni will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Chicago center. Previously, he worked as an independent manufacturer’s representative and has 14 years of dental experience.
David P. Black – Equipment sales specialist and technology sales specialist. Black joins Henry Schein Dental at its Kansas City, Kan., center with four years of dental experience. He previously worked as a practice administrator and computer specialist with ADC of Joplin, Springfield, and Fort Scott.
Beverly Bochak – Field sales consultant. Bochak will represent Henry Schein at its Wilkes-Barre, Pa. center. Bochak joins Henry Schein with 32 years of dental experience.
Debbie Buckanovich – Field sales consultant. Buckanovich will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Buffalo, N.Y. center. Buckanovich has 36 years of dental experience and is also a Certified Dental Technician.
Jon Byrd – Field sales consultant. Byrd joins Henry Schein Dental at its Tulsa center. Previously, he worked as a field sales consultant at another dental dealer.
Alisha S. Calhoun – Technology sales specialist. Calhoun will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Jacksonville, Fla., center with 10 years of dental experience. Previously, she worked as a reseller/trainer.
Lloyd Carter – Field sales consultant. Carter joins Henry Schein Dental at its Valdosta, Ga. center. Previously, Carter worked in sales and with the on-air staff at Black Crow Media.
Luisa Castillo – Field sales consultant. Castillo will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Orlando center. She has worked in the dental field for nine years, including four years as an equipment specialist with Henry Schein.
Trey Clinkscales – Field sales consultant. Clinkscales joins Henry Schein Dental at its Shreveport center. In the past, he worked for Enterprise Leasing Co. as a branch rental manager for more than four years.
Roxanne Cobb – Field sales consultant. Cobb will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Syracuse, N.Y., center. Cobb has 29 years of dental experience and received a child development associate degree.
Teka Cox – Field sales consultant – Cox will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Tulsa center. She formerly worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for two years with PDI.
Randy J. Dacquel – Field sales consultant – Dacquel will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Jacksonville, Fla., center. Beforehand, Dacquel worked as a sales executive at First Advantage for two years.
Derrick Durepo – Field sales consultant. Durepo joins Henry Schein Dental at its Boston center. He worked in outside sales with Bradco Supply for one year.
Luke Eskew — Field sales consultant. Eskew will represent Henry Schein Dental at its San Antonio center. He has four years of dental experience.
Dax S. Ferguson – Technology sales specialist. Ferguson will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Dallas center. He worked in sales at Digital Tech Specialists for four years.
Bill Finkel – Equipment sales specialist. Finkel will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Hartford center. He joins Henry Schein with 25 years of dental experience.
Brandy Finley – Regional implant specialist with Henry Schein Camlog. Finley will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Denver center. Prior to joining Henry Schein, she worked for BioniCare Medical Technologies as a senior account manager.
Ryan L. Fish – Field sales consultant. Fish will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Salt Lake City center. Fish has nine years of dental experience.
Peter Froehlke – Technology sales specialist. Froehlke joins Henry Schein Dental at its Pittsburgh center with more than two years of dental experience.
Keith Giebe – Regional general manager. Giebe will represent Henry Schein Dental at its St. Louis center. He joins Henry Schein with 16 years of dental experience and worked as a senior account representative for another company.
Owen Gill, – Field sales consultant. Gill will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Kansas City, Kan., center. Gill has six years of dental experience and played in the NFL for the Seahawks, Colts, and Rams.
Luke Greazel – Technology sales specialist. Greazel joins Henry Schein Dental at its Davenport, Iowa center. Greazel worked as an Iowa sales manager at Medical Solutions for two years.
Debbie Hensley – Field sales consultant. Hensley will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Lexington, Ky., center. She joins Henry Schein with 24 years of dental experience.
Susan Hodge – Field sales consultant. Hodge will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Syracuse, N.Y., center. Hodge has 25 years of dental experience.
Shauna Holliday – Zone technology sales manager, Northwest. Holliday joins Henry Schein Dental with 14 years of dental experience. Previously, she worked for another dental company as a senior account executive.
Jamie R. Honigman – Field sales consultant. Honigman will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Metro New York center. Honigman previously worked with Henry Schein Dental as an Aruba inventory management specialist representative for two years.
William L. House – Field sales consultant. House will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Syracuse, N.Y., center. He has 17 years of dental experience.
Bob Iavarone – Field sales consultant. Iavarone joins Henry Schein Dental at its West Palm Beach, Fla., center with 27 years of dental experience.
Dana M. Kemper – Technology sales specialist. Kemper joins Henry Schein Dental at its Philadephia center with 12 years of dental experience. Beforehand, she worked as an independent representative for 10 years for Dentrix and other digital dental products.
Mark Kennedy – Field sales consultant. Kennedy will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Seattle center. Previously, he has 12 years of dental experience.
Jose Laurel – Field sales consultant. Laurel joins Henry Schein Dental at its West Palm Beach, Fla., center. He has eight years of experience in the field.
Justin Love – Field sales consultant. Love will represent Henry Schein Dental at its North Los Angeles center. He previously worked as a sales representative for more than two years.
Chris Deger Lungstrom – Field sales consultant. Lungstrom will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Minneapolis center. Lungstrom has 18 years of dental experience.
Amy McCann – Technology sales specialist. McCann will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Las Vegas center. McCann has seven years of dental experience working for Henry Schein Practice Solutions as an Internal Sales Manager for DENTRIX and eServices.
Ryan Melgaard – Field sales consultant. Melgaard joins Henry Schein Dental at its Kansas City, Kan., center. Melgaard received a bachelor’s degree degree from the University of Missouri and recently graduated with a degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.
Phu Nguyen – Field sales consultant. Nguyen joins Henry Schein Dental at its South Los Angeles center. Formerly, Nguyen worked as a sales associate at Cerner Corporation for a year.
Jason Paglio – Field sales consultant. Paglio joins Henry Schein Dental at its West Columbia, S.C., center. He worked as an admissions liaison for six months at Healthsouth.
Jerry Paluck – Technology sales specialist. Paluck joins Henry Schein Dental at its Wilkes-Barre, Pa. center. He worked as an equipment specialist for 20 years for another dental dealer.
Geoff Parsley – Field sales consultant. Parsley joins Henry Schein Dental at its Orlando center. He has one year of dental experience.
Deanna Rodriguez – Field sales consultant. Rodriguez joins Henry Schein Dental with more than 17 years of dental experience and will represent the company at its South Los Angeles center.
Leslie Sabia – Field sales consultant. Sabia will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Nashville center. She worked as a sales manager for two years at NVR, Inc.
Kristie M. Sattler – Field sales consultant. Sattler joins Henry Schein Dental at its Atlanta center with 14 years of dental experience. She also worked as an orthodontic assistant with an orthodontic specialist for more than three years.
Erik Schanou – Field sales consultant. Schanou will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Omaha center. Previously, he worked as a major accounts business manager for Automatic Data Processing for three years.
Monica Schwartzman – Field sales consultant. Schwartzman will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Chicago center. She previously worked as a sales executive at Tracy Evans Ltd. for one year.
Jim Smithey – Equipment sales specialist. Smithey will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Birmingham, Ala., center. He joins Henry Schein with 31 years of dental experience.
Bo Thiele – Field sales consultant. Thiele joins Henry Schein Dental at its Matthews, N.C., center. He formerly worked for another dental company for three years.
Chris Wickham – Regional general manager. Wickham will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Philadelphia center. He joins Henry Schein with 14 years of dental experience and previously served as the senior vice president of sales for another dental dealer.
Rick Widman – Field sales consultant. Widman will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Louisville, Ky., center. He previously worked as a sales representative for two years with Stryker Corporation.
Cain Wilder – Field sales consultant. Wilder will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Lexington, Ky., center. In the past, Wilder worked as an account executive for the First National Bank of Arizona for one year.
Jerry L. Wright – Field sales consultant. Wright will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Roanoke, Va., center. He has 18 years of dental experience and formerly worked as a field sales representative.
Doug Yeager – Field sales consultant. Yeager will represent Henry Schein Dental at its Mobile, Ala., center after six years of experience in the dental field.
Jim Yoell – Technology sales specialist. Yoell will represent Henry Schein Dental at its San Jose center. He joins Henry Schein with 15 years of dental experience.