Our Founder Bios
Anthony Stefanou D.M.D.
Dental Professional and Business Career Highlights
- 1987 graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine — was in private practice for 20 years
- Founder of the Dental Sales Academy and “How to Sell to Dentists” and “How to Market to Dentists” workshops (www.dentalsalesacademy.com)
- Member, Academy of Dental Management Consultants (ADMC)
- VP of Sales & Marketing/National Sales Director for several dental companies
- Developed and trained sales teams for over 130 dental companies
- Featured guest speaker for two dozen dental companies at their National/Regional Sales Meetings
- hosted hundreds of workshops, seminars, webinars, and teleconferences to over 15,000 salespeople and dental professionals
- Associate Director of External Relations, Oral Health America
- Sales and clinical articles and columns published in many dental publications including The Profitable Dentist, RDH, Dental Entrepreneur, The Progressive Dentist, First Impressions, and Proofs
- Featured speaker at several dental conferences including ACEsthetics, AADOM, RDH Under One Roof, ADMC, and GenR8Tnext.
- Special business strategist and marketing consultant for dozens of launches and product line expansions
- Founder of Stellar Dental Careers, a boutique dental recruiting/search agency)
- Faculty member, www.DentalEdu.tv – online CE site
- former NY transitions consultant for Paragon Dental Transitions
- former Senior Director, Dental Education for Advanced Studies in Medicine
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Joe Sakaduski
Dental Professional and Business Career Highlights
- Has more than 25 years of high-level dental wholesale and retail experience
- Held key executive positions at Henry Schein, Pelton & Crane, and DentalEZ
- In 2000, established Sakaduski Marketing Solutions to give companies practical and profitable solutions to their marketing, strategic planning, and management problems
- Assisted more than 50 clients over the past 12 years
- Offers extensive professional contacts and a thorough knowledge of the dental industry
- Worked successfully with a wide variety of clients on both a short-term and a long-term basis to increase sales, enhance profits, and improve market share
- Assisted with building sales and distribution networks, facilitating acquisitions and divestitures, and identifying strategic partners and other business opportunities
- Has advised companies on strategic planning, business direction, marketing management, and sales direction
- Has introduced new products and technologies such as digital x-ray, intraoral cameras, imaging software, lasers, and air abrasion
- Has a B.S. in Biology, a B.S. in Marketing, and an M.B.A. in Marketing
- Through SCORE has advised more than 100 small businesses and taught classes on business planning, start-ups, and business growth
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