LAKE FOREST, Calif.,
July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOLASE,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the global leader in dental lasers,
announced today the appointments of Jennifer Bright to Chief Financial Officer
("CFO") and Steven Sandor to Chief
Operating Officer ("COO"). These promotions are effective
immediately, and the positions will report to John Beaver, BIOLASE's President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Bright has served as the company's Vice President of Finance
since April 2021. Bright's
responsibilities as CFO will include the functional areas of
finance, accounting, investor relations, and assisting the
executive management team in establishing long-range goals,
strategies, plans and policies that drive positive results. Bright
earned her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree in
accounting from the University of Washington
in Seattle, Washington then
began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is an active
Certified Public Accountant in California.
"Jennifer is a highly valuable financial professional who has
demonstrated strong leadership across the breadth of our business,"
commented John Beaver. "I'm very
excited to further leverage Jennifer's robust experience in
corporate finance and accounting as we achieve BIOLASE's mission
and execute on our long-term strategy."
"I look forward to serving as BIOLASE's CFO and collaborating
with our talented teams across the company to drive our continued
commercial success, engage with the investment community, and serve
our customers, as well as the patients and families who benefit
from improved dental care with the use of BIOLASE's advanced laser
technology," said Jennifer
Bright.
Sandor joined BIOLASE in early 2019 and has served in several
impactful positions in our customer-facing organizations, most
recently as the company's Senior Director of Commercial Operations
and Service. Sandor has been instrumental in developing long-term
strategic growth initiatives focused on leveraging talent, building
robust commercial processes, and scalability. Sandor earned an
Executive Master of Business Administration degree from
Chapman University in Orange, California.
"Steven is a customer-focused sales and service leader who has
demonstrated an exceptional ability to improve processes and drive
results," commented John Beaver.
"Reporting to Steven will be the company's sales, marketing,
service, manufacturing, and distribution organizations. With
Steven's guidance and the high-performing leaders and team members
reporting to him, I am confident this structure will bring even
stronger communication, collaboration, and alignment across these
key functions, resulting in our continued commercial success. As
part of this new structure, we will also increase our focus on the
highly important Dental Service Organization (DSO) market."
"As COO, I am very excited to work with many strong BIOLASE
leaders, as well as their teams, to leverage their strengths,
insights, and experiences. I am confident that the combined effect
of their talent, complementary business strategies and even greater
collaboration will increase our capabilities and enable us to
achieve higher levels of revenue, service, production, and,
ultimately, market adoption of our laser technology. I look forward
to our making BIOLASE lasers the gold standard of care in
dentistry," said Sandor.
About BIOLASE
BIOLASE is a medical device company that develops,
manufactures, markets, and sells laser systems in dentistry and
medicine. BIOLASE's products advance the practice of dentistry and
medicine for patients and healthcare professionals. BIOLASE's
proprietary laser products incorporate approximately 301 patented
and 32 patent-pending technologies designed to provide biologically
and clinically superior performance with less pain and faster
recovery times. BIOLASE's innovative products provide cutting-edge
technology at competitive prices to deliver superior results for
dentists and patients. BIOLASE's principal products are
revolutionary dental laser systems that perform a broad range of
dental procedures, including cosmetic and complex surgical
applications. BIOLASE has sold over 43,300 laser systems
to date in over 80 countries around the world. Laser products under
development address BIOLASE's core dental market and other adjacent
medical and consumer applications.
For updates and information on Waterlase iPlus®, Waterlase
Express™, and laser dentistry, find BIOLASE online
at www.biolase.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/biolase,
Twitter at www.twitter.com/biolaseinc, Instagram
at www.instagram.com/waterlase_laserdentistry, and LinkedIn
at www.linkedin.com/company/biolase.
BIOLASE®, Waterlase® and Waterlase iPlus® are registered
trademarks of BIOLASE, Inc.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as that
term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that
involve significant risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
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"might," "will," "intend," "should," "could," "can," "would,"
"continue," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate,"
"predict," "outlook," "potential," "plan," "seek," and similar
expressions and variations or the negatives of these terms or other
comparable terminology. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect
BIOLASE's current expectations and speak only as of the date of
this release. Actual results may differ materially from BIOLASE's
current expectations depending upon a number of factors. These
factors include, among others, those risks and uncertainties that
are described in the "Risk Factors" section of BIOLASE's annual
report filed on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Except as required by law, BIOLASE does not undertake
any responsibility to revise or update any forward-looking
statements.
For further information, please contact:
EVC Group LLC
Michael Polyviou / Todd Kehrli
(732) 933-2754
mpolyviou@evcgroup.com / tkehrli@evcgroup.com
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