The team is led by CEO and President, Jim Poole, MBA, who joined the Company in October 2009 and assumed all business management functions. Mr. Poole was a Managing Partner at Focused Evolution, Inc., a preeminent management and strategy-consulting firm with a global clientele. He is a recognized and respected business leader who managed the largest private equity acquisition in the history of the dental industry (Credit Suisse/DLJMB and Den-Mat).
Mr. Poole has been a leader of people, projects and organizations for the past 25 years. Mr. Poole has successfully launched global products, managed growth strategies, and effectively optimized business operations for both large and small organizations across the dental, healthcare, biotechnology, market research, and IT industries. He has a unique understanding of business principles that enable him to simplify the most complex of issues. Mr. Poole possesses the expertise and proven track record needed to lead this enterprise to the next level of growth.
Mr. Poole lectures around the world and has published over 35 articles on business strategy in industry trade journals. He earned a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MBA with honors in International Business/Marketing from Babson College.