Management Team

• Michael K. Lowe
• Lawrence W. Swol
• Dwight Schnaitter
• Andrew Layman

   

  

  Michael K. Lowe

  CEO

  Most recently, Mr. Lowe spent seven years at Philips Oral Healthcare (Royal Philips Electronics) where he worked in a variety of roles including global product management and brand management for Sonicare (Class I medical device, $350 million annual revenue). His experience comprises a range of marketing-related disciplines including dental professional sales management, sales training, promotion and advertising, market research, pricing strategy, and channel strategy development. While at Philips, he was nominated into the prestigious High Potential global management program, was listed as a co-inventor on a business application patent related to CRM, and developed a training program, Evidence-Based Dentistry, which won a regional MEDIC process improvement award for increased dental sales. He initially began working on the Sonicare business with Optiva, Inc. (1999 Inc. magazine Fastest Growing Privately Held Company award), joining Philips through the strategic acquisition process in 2000.

  Lawrence W. Swol

  Vice President, Operations

  Mr. Swol has over 25 years of diverse operations management experience including international operations of OEM Electronics and ISO certified Electro-mechanical Contract Manufacturing in both private and public companies. Prior to joining OrthoAccel® , Mr. Swol was Chief Quality Officer and Sr. Vice President of Operations for Barton Medical Corporation, a global medical device startup company marketing safe patient handling equipment. At Barton, Mr. Swol was responsible for all supply chain management, engineering, and the company’s Quality Management System from the initial start up phase through the successful sale of the company in January 2008. While with Barton, he designed, implemented and acted as Chairperson for the new product development and corporate product roadmap planning processes. Mr. Swol successfully launched eleven new product offerings within a three year period, and was responsible for all FDA and regulatory compliance.

  Mr. Swol has also served as Vice President of Operations for start up ventures D2Audio Corporation and Surgient Networks as well as Vice President and General Manager of International Operations at IEC Electronics, and Vice President of Manufacturing for Miltope Corporation and AT&T.

  Mr. Swol received a BASc in Electronics Technology from Sienna Heights University and an MBA from Our Lady of the Lake University. He currently is an Adjunct Professor at Texas State University providing instruction and first-hand experience in Operations Management, Total Quality Management and Entrepreneurial Studies.

  Dwight Schnaitter

  Vice President, Sales

  Mr. Schnaitter has been in the orthodontic business for over 30 years, successfully performing for top companies such as 3M Unitek where he held management positions in Sales & Marketing. He was responsible for significant sales growth at Dolphin Imaging & Management where he was the University Sales Manager. Most recently, Mr. Schnaitter successfully lead the multi-million dollar launch of Opal Orthodontics as the Director of Business Development. Throughout his tenure in orthodontics, he has been responsible for or participated in several successful, industry advancing product launches, such as Forsus™ Class II Correction Device, Victory Series™ appliance system, Opal Seal™ and the Avex™ Suite appliance system. The Victory Series™ appliance system is the most widely used orthodontic appliance worldwide. Forsus™ is the leading product in the Class II correction market segment and Opal Seal™ is the first fluoride recharging bonding primer in the history of orthodontics. Mr. Schnaitter’s industry knowledge and innovation has resulted in three patents and several pending.

  Mr. Schnaitter’s diverse background in orthodontic product sales and marketing combined with his extensive knowledge of orthodontic diagnostic and management software put him in the unique position of understanding all facets of the orthodontic specialty from treatment mechanics to office operations. Mr. Schnaitter is a technology savvy, driven, results oriented individual who values not only the customer but the orthodontic specialty and the life-changing services orthodontists provide to their patients.

  Andrew Layman

  CFO

  Mr. Layman is a CPA, with over 20 years of broad international accounting and finance experience. Most recently, Mr. Layman spent over twelve years with Flextronics International Ltd, a leading electronics manufacturing services provider to the world's top technology brands, where he held a variety positions, including Vice President of Finance for the Computing & Mobile Division, which had annual revenue in excess of $3B and locations throughout the world. Prior to Flextronics, Mr. Layman worked in the international accounting area with DaimlerChrysler Corporation and spent for over eight years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the business assurance division. Mr. Layman is bi-lingual in Spanish and English and has lived in worked internationally in multiple locations.

  Mr. Layman holds a BS in Accounting from Ball State.

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