A New Generation of Operational Leaders

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 joining the professional, focused and structured leadership team to assist our staff and providers in achieving the potential and success they deserve.

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.

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!

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!

A NEW GENERATION OF OPERATIONAL LEADERS

SANDY JOHNSON Division Vice President, Florida

Education: Undergraduate at Metropolitan State University, graduate at Brandman University, Normandale Community College Dental Hygiene Program

Professional experience: After a career in the clinical space, I served in leadership roles with several Dental Service Organizations. In these positions, I was responsible for advocating on behalf of the dentists and hygienists that she served, as well as develop best practices to ensure revenue growth, manage risk, engage employees, increase retention, and serve as a liaison between the clinical and business support aspects of the business.

What excites you about joining DCA? I was excited to join DCA because it enabled me to use my strengths and talents to positively influence the profession of dentistry. DCA's vision, mission, and values were consistent with my own and the transparent leadership style was something that I was looking for. After many years in the DSO sector, it was refreshing to find a company that valued its employees and truly had a heart to do business in a fashion that respected each individual from the patient to the providers to the employees.

FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION

I come from a large Italian family and each Christmas Eve we would all get together. The table began to get round around the corners because the family continued to grow. I remember sitting on the stairs overlooking my family and it was soooo loud - one Italian trying to be louder than the other- and I just remember being so thankful that this family was mine.

ANDRE KELLOGG Division Vice President, Southeast

Education: Undergraduate at Kent State University, graduate at Cleveland State University – MPA, Healthcare

Professional experience: Led operations in Public HealthCare in Ohio, overseeing outpatient medical facilities include adult medicine, pediatrics, OBGYN, dental, lab, radiology and pharma services; transitioned into regional leadership role with the largest imaging services company in the US, with direct responsibility and oversight of $100M P&L, sales, service and support of diagnostic FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION imaging systems, imaging centers, billing teams, DeNovo strategies, C-Suite I am one of eight crazy Kelloggs, and we relationships and service recovery. come together in one place, with all of our spouses, children and grandchildren each Thanksgiving. Before the literal What excites you about joining DCA? Being part of such a dynamic stuffing, we take a few minutes to reflect on our blessings, and organization with team members who care about the quality of service we each member of the family shares the things for which they are provide to each and every patient. In addition, joining a leadership team that is driven to continue the explosive and creative growth that DCA has experienced thankful. This holiday season, I am thankful for the opportunity to make an immediate and lasting change in the lives and health of the patients that we serve, as I join the DCA family. over the last several years.