A NEW GENERATION OF OPERAT DAVID BRADDY Division Vice President, Midwest Education: Undergraduate at University of Houston, graduate at University of Houston- MA, Industrial Psychology Professional experience: 19 years experience in the dentistry with DSO's and private practice consulting. DSO experience includes training and development, insurance and fee management, and operations management with 25 locations in the Houston area/110 nationwide. Thirteen years practice management consulting experience across the nation culminating in managing DCA's new affiliate consulting company, Quantum Leap- Success in Dentistry. Most recently, served as Director of Operations for the new Houston affiliate, Made Ya Smile, with 13 locations in Houston, call center and DSO support. What excites you about joining DCA? Being part of a rapidly growing organization focused on growth while maintaining high quality care and customer service. Personally, I am excited about
FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION Our family has been committed to establishing holiday traditions and we meet every holiday no matter the circumstances. To this day my son continues to experience the same traditions I grew up experiencing with grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles every year. I enjoy seeing these traditions being continued through my family and my son's future family.
joining the professional, focused and structured leadership team to assist our staff and providers in achieving the potential and success they deserve.
JOE ECKERLE Division Vice President, Northeast Education: Undergraduate at Central Michigan University, graduate (MBA) Regis University, currently pursuing Doctorate of Business (DBA) at California Southern University Professional experience: Operations and Manufacturing leadership. Much of my career was spent in the CD / DVD Business working for Sony and Technicolor and managing customer expectations from clients such as Microsoft, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. I made the transition into health care 8 years ago where I had responsibility for the Northeast Divisional service and support engineering teams for TriMedx Healthcare. What excites you about joining DCA? Unlike most new employees, I had the opportunity to “Interview� DCA. While I was working as a consultant, I quickly saw DCA as a place that I wanted to be. I had the opportunity to work with the C-Suite as well as at the dental offices and I found that the excitement and passion to grow the company and continue to improve the quality of care was the passion of everyone I worked with. I knew I needed to be a part of that!
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FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION Every Christmas Grandma and Grandpa would arrive on Christmas Eve and we ALWAYS got to open one present on Christmas Eve. We would always put cookies out for Santa and it was weird that some years my mom said we should leave him a Diet Coke and other years my dad said we should leave him a can of beer. After that, we tried to sleep but were always so excited that it was impossible. Plus, Grampa snored like a chainsaw and that made it worse. My favorite Christmas was the year we got Atari (yes, I am that old). That was the best game system ever!
