Keystone Dental Group CEO and leadership

Russ is a seasoned dental/medical device professional with over 30 years of experience. Most recently, he has transitioned into the consulting arena and presently serves as a Senior Executive Consultant with Cellerant Consulting Group. Prior to the consulting transition, Russ held executive leadership roles for nearly 20 years, having served as CEO of Keystone Dental Inc., Chief Commercial Officer and later President of Zest Dental Solutions, President of Henry Schein Orthodontics (HSO), and General Manager for Macropore Biosurgery. Before moving into leadership/C-suite roles, his career accomplishments have been focused in the marketing discipline holding positions in nearly every aspect of medical device marketing to include senior marketing management, all levels of product management, marketing research, and marketing communications. He held Vice-President of Global Marketing positions with Biomet 3i and Zimmer Dental prior to the merger of those organizations as well as senior marketing assignments with Stryker Leibinger and Macropore, Inc. Other employers have included Olympus Endoscopy and The American Red Cross. Russ has a B.S. with a concentration in marketing from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh where he graduated with Cum Laude honors and was voted \'The Most Outstanding Student\' in the marketing major. He earned an MBA at San Diego State University, graduating at the top of his class and completing a mini thesis on \'The Adoption and Diffusion of New Medical Technology\'. He has completed additional graduate level coursework and seminars at University of San Diego, UCLA, The University of Chicago, and Seton Hall University. His experience spans smaller start-ups as well as larger established medical device companies in public, privately-held, and private-equity sponsored environments.

♦ An accomplished CEO & founder in the medical industry, with a solid business and legal consulting background. A track record of building highly motivated leadership teams. A demonstrated success of working in the international Medical Device and Dental industry.♦ Strategic Leadership♦ Marketing&Sales Management♦ P&L Management♦ People Motivating CORE COMPETENCIESVisionary Leadership • Team Building •Marketing and Sales • Global Strategic Alliances • High-Stake Negotiation • Key Partnership Development • Organizational Restructuring • Regulatory management.

Jim Simpson is a CTO at KEYSTONE DENTAL, INC. and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.