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Dr. Liu started his first job with Heartland Dental in 1999, and for the past 18 years was an integral part of Heartland Dental’s growth from 13 practices, $13mm revenue in 1999 to 800 practices, $1.3 billion revenue in 2017.

​​Dr. Broughton purchased a solo dental practice in 1997 upon graduation from the University of Washington School of Dentistry.  The original practice had a staff of 6 and was a mobile home converted into a dental practice.  It has grown today into a 20 operatory multi-provider location with almost no marketing budget for the first ten years.  He added other locations in the south Puget sound mostly through acquisition and currently has 35 full-time associate doctors working out of 13 locations and a staff of approximately 200.  The company is proud of its local home town feel and is deeply committed to serving its community and building the company as a regional geographical player.

​Rashed founded Maya Dental Services in 2017 to be a DSO focused on partnering with Dentists who strive to continue to grow their offices. Maya Dental provides complete operational support to its Dental offices while providing the selling Dentists with the opportunity to get liquidity and also re-invest in Maya Dental.  Rashed has been active as a Private Equity investor in the Dental industry since 2015.

Rashed's background includes investment banking and strategy consulting for Fortune 500 companies as well as low to middle market firms and family-owned businesses. His experience includes debt and equity capital raise, fixed income sales, M&A transaction advisory, strategy and business development, and project financing across various industries including healthcare, hospitality, education, marketing services, and industrial manufacturing.

​​Dr. Lanier started his professional career with the US Public Health Service in New Orleans working at a children’s clinic for four years, before venturing into private practice. In 1991 Dr. Lanier relocated to Los Angeles where he worked as an associate dentist, before deciding to launch his own clinic in 1994, establishing the very first Kids Dental Kare clinic.

By the end of 1994, Dr. Lanier opened another office in Boyle Heights, and within 3 years after that he opened an additional 6 offices throughout Southern California. Since 1994, Dr. Lanier has launched a total of 14 Kids Dental Kare offices, and currently 12 continue in operation.

Dr. Lanier oversees approximately 24 other Kids Dental Kare dentists that now render the bulk of the treatment while he focuses on monitoring training, patient service and ensuring high-quality work standards. Dr. Lanier hand-picks dental care providers that have proven to be the best of the best, therefore ensuring that Kids Dental Kare continues to be the top pediatric dental clinic chain in Southern California.

Dr. Beyramian graduated from the University of Michigan in 2001, and started Westwind Dental Group in 2002. Westwind Dental Group consists of 4 practices and 7 doctors throughout the Phoenix metro area.

Dr. Beyramian's goal was to create medical and dental group that can provide intergrative care for the Phoenix community. Her vision was to recruit and develop team members that value the corporate culture of collaboration and team work between multispecialties to achieve optimal oral and systemic well-being.

Dr. Beyramian is a visionary and entrepreneur, a true leader in the industry "The links between Oral and Systemic disease is undeniable. With our integrative Medical-Dental approach, we educate patients, change habits and lifestyles to move towards an overall improved health." Westwind Dental Group's future plans are to develop more systems and core competencies that enable scale and growth in the Southwest market.

Dr. Park is married with two daughters and grew up in Katy just outskirts of Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin while majoring in Biology and followed it up with attending The University of Texas Dental School in San Antonio. After the graduation in 1996, he returned to Houston to complete his General Practice Residency (GPR) at Hermann Hospital. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School.  

Dr. Park is a passionate CrossFitter and loves watching his two daughters compete in sports.

​​Founder of Life Long Dental Care of Connecticut, Jeremiah graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and has advanced continuing education training in dental implants from NYU School of Dentistry. He has lectured at his alma mater on private practice management and is presently writing a book on creating smiles, which he hints has very little to do with fixing teeth! He brings his artistic vision and abilities to the smiles that he creates for his patients.

As CEO of Tidewater Dental, Jeff Tomcsik grew his brand to four locations with over $12,000,000 in revenue before partnering with Allied Dental, a fast growing DSO serving the mid-Atlantic. As Vice President with Allied he continues to grow the Tidewater Brand with three De Novos scheduled to open over the next six months.

Jeff’s areas of practice expertise are in branding & marketing dental practices, efficiency models and management.

Dr. Jack Devereux grew up in the New Orleans, LA area and attended Louisiana State University from 1975 to 1978. He graduated first in his class at LSU School of Dentistry in 1982 and then went on to earn his Master of Science in Orthodontics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985.

Dr. Devereux has been in the practice of orthodontics in the New Orleans and Slidell, LA area since 1985. He has taken many hours of continuing education each year since graduation in order to keep current on the latest techniques and methods. Dr. Devereux is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics and an Invisalign Premier Provider, meaning he has achieved an exceptional level of Invisalign case experience.