Photonics Spectra: Biolase This is the syndication feed for Photonics Spectra: Biolase. https://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?Tag=Biolase Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:06:08 GMT Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:00:00 GMT 1800 CoorsTek Names Kevin Ressler CCO: People in the News: 10/19/22
Materials technology company Confluent Medical Technologies has appointed Matthew K. Eckl as CFO. Eckl joins Confluent from CECO Environmental where he served as CFO. Previously he served as vice president of finance for Energy Group and Global Aftermarket division of Gardner Denver, and in various financial roles at GE.
From left, the two managing partners, Dr. Wolf Herold and Sabine Herold, and the two new managing directors, Dr. Karl Bitzer and Christian Walther. Courtesy of DELO.
SUDBURY, Mass. — DELO has appointed Karl Bitzer and Christian Walther as managing directors. Robert Saller, previously a managing director, has resigned from the board but will remain as an authorized signatory. Sabine Herold and Wolf Herold,...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/CoorsTek_Names_Kevin_Ressler_CCO_People_in_the/p5/a68442 A68442 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:00:00 GMT
BIOLASE Appoints CFO, COO: People in the News: 07/13/22
Dental laser supplier BIOLASE appointed Jennifer Bright CFO and Steven Sandor COO. Bright served as the company’s vice president of finance beginning in April 2021. Sandor joined the company in 2019 and served as the company’s senior director of commercial operations and service.
Tom Nunn. Courtesy of Tibidabo Scientific Industries. DUBLIN — Tibidabo Scientific Industries appointed Tom Nunn vice president of sales North America for Tibidabo Scientific USA. Nunn has more than 25 years of experience in sales and management positions in the optics and photonics industry, most recently at Andor Technology where he served as global OEM sales manager.

BEVERLY, Mass. — Biotechnology company Hamilton Thorne...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/BIOLASE_Appoints_CFO_COO_People_in_the_News/p5/a68182 A68182 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 07:00:00 GMT
STMicroelectronics Makes Metasurface Tech from Metalenz Available to Consumers: Week in Brief: 06/10/22
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that ON Semiconductor will replace IPG Photonics in the S&P 500. IPG Photonics will replace Yelp Inc. in the S&P MidCap 400.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Integrated photonics company ANELLO Photonics released its Optical Gyroscope and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)/Inertial Navigation System Evaluation Kit (EVK) for Autonomous Applications. Powered by the company’s optical gyroscope technology and Sensor Fusion Engine, the company said the kit maintains centimeter accuracy in conditions that cause other systems to degrade. The system maintains stability over a broad temperature range and under extreme vibration conditions.

BOSTON — Semiconductor technology company...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/STMicroelectronics_Makes_Metasurface_Tech_from/p5/a68094 A68094 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:00:00 GMT
Hastie Named Director of Strathclyde’s Institute of Photonics: People in the News: 05/11/22
The University of Strathclyde appointed Jennifer Hastie as director of its Institute of Photonics. Hastie was previously the institute’s deputy director and has worked there since joining as a doctoral student in 2000. She succeeds Keith Mathieson, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at Strathclyde. Hastie will be supported in the new post by deputy director Nicolas Laurand and director of research Martin Dawson.
Jennifer Hastie. Courtesy of the University of Strathclyde. CORK, Ireland — Denis Doyle was appointed chair of the board at Tyndall National Institute. He will lead the board’s oversight of the future development and expansion of Ireland’s flagship research institute in integrated...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Hastie_Named_Director_of_Strathclydes_Institute/p5/a68010 A68010 Wed, 11 May 2022 07:00:00 GMT
People in the News: 08/18/21
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. — Dental laser company BIOLASE appointed three members to its board of directors. Kathleen T. O’Loughlin, Carol Gomez Summerhays, and Martha Somerman have joined the board, bringing the membership to nine. Michael DiTolla and Garret Sato resigned as members to pursue other interests.

HØRSHOLM, Denmark — Soren Helmer Rasmussen joined Delta Optical Thin Films as sales director. Rasmussen has more than 15 years of experience in medical device sales. Previously he served as area sales manager at Vitrex Medical and as senior area sales manager at CONMED Corp.

BOSTON — Brian Conkle was appointed as COO of NanoImaging Services, a provider of imaging services to the pharmaceutical,...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/People_in_the_News_08_18_21/p5/a67272 A67272 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:00:00 GMT
BIOLASE Promotes John Beaver to President, CEO
Beaver joined BIOLASE in 2017 as senior vice president and CFO. He served as interim CEO of BIOLASE from April 2017 until the company hired Norbe.]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/BIOLASE_Promotes_John_Beaver_to_President_CEO/p5/a66727 A66727 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:48:04 GMT
BIOLASE Partners with MEKICS to Respond to Pandemic
“In this time of global crisis, it is vital that companies come together to support the fight against COVID-19, leveraging every tool available, and that’s exactly what we intend to do,” BIOLASE CEO Todd Norbe said. “Without hesitation, we expect to pivot quickly and leverage our FDA-registered...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/BIOLASE_Partners_with_MEKICS_to_Respond_to/p5/a65716 A65716 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:47:48 GMT
BIOLASE Names Norbe President, CEO
Norbe is a veteran dental industry executive and a member of the company's board of directors.

BIOLASE also announced that its senior vice president/chief financial officer, John R. Beaver, has been promoted to executive vice president/chief financial officer.

Norbe received an MBA in management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a bachelor's in marketing from Bloomsburg University. He has also served on the board of the Dental Trade Association Foundation and the National Children's Oral Health Foundation.

Beaver received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/BIOLASE_Names_Norbe_President_CEO/p5/a63774 A63774 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:09:05 GMT
Biolase Receives Accolades for 3 Dental Laser Systems
The Waterlase iPlus picked up this year's Dentaltown Townie Choice Award, recognizing the Waterlase brand as the leading hard tissue laser for the fourteenth consecutive year. The Waterlase Express received the Dr. Bicuspid Dental Excellence Award as best new dental product in the equipment category. Lastly, the Epic Pro Diode has been listed on the Dentistry Today Readers' Choice Top 50 Technology Products list.

The Waterlase iPlus is cleared for more than 80 indications for soft tissue, hard tissue and bone. Epic Pro is a diode laser that allows dental professionals to manage soft tissue with...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_Receives_Accolades_for_3_Dental_Laser/p5/a63001 A63001 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:00:00 GMT
Lanman Appointed to Biolase Board
Lanman is a board-certified neurologist and physiatrist currently serving as the chief medical officer at Guardant Health Inc. During his career, he has also served on a number of boards and authored 45 articles that have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Lanman replaces outgoing director Fredrick Moll who is resigning from the board due to his commitments associated with his role as CEO of Auris Surgical Robotics Inc.

“His extensive board and executive management experience and his focus on developing and commercializing disruptive medical technologies and procedures make Dr....]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Lanman_Appointed_to_Biolase_Board/p5/a62767 A62767 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:12:05 GMT
Surek Named American Sales VP at Biolase
Surek has more than 24 years of experience in medical device sales and sales leadership in startup, turnaround and high-growth environments.

“Jim has deep experience in medical device sales leadership,” said Harold C. Flynn Jr., president and CEO of Biolase. “He has built strong teams and has rapidly grown revenue in challenging markets and against formidable competitors. At this very exciting time at Biolase, with the recent launch of two new game-changing laser products, it is important to have a veteran medical device executive like Jim overseeing our most important market. We expect his...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Surek_Named_American_Sales_VP_at_Biolase/p5/a61831 A61831 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:38:50 GMT
Biolase Appoints Nelson as SVP and CFO
Nelson will report to Harold C. Flynn Jr., president and CEO of Biolase, and will replace David C. Dreyer, who resigned in December.

“Mark has exactly the right mix of broad financial expertise and general management experience that Biolase needs at this pivotal time in our continued transformation,” Flynn said. “He has been both a chief financial officer and a chief executive officer and is highly analytical, with deep operational and manufacturing experience implementing robust business processes. He has effectively managed through turnaround and cash-constrained...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_Appoints_Nelson_as_SVP_and_CFO/p5/a61806 A61806 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMT
Biolase Epic Pro Dental Laser Receives FDA Approval
The Epic Pro is the first commercially available laser system resulting from Biolase’s strategic development agreement with IPG Medical Corp., a subsidiary of IPG Photonics Corp., reached in 2015.

“The collaboration between IPG Medical and Biolase has been exciting,” said Gregory Altshuler, president of IPG Medical. “The Epic Pro with IPG Medical’s super pulse diode laser offers all new computer-controlled thermal super pulsing capability with real-time tip temperature monitoring and automatic power control...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_Epic_Pro_Dental_Laser_Receives_FDA/p5/a61617 A61617 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT
Dreyer Resigns from Biolase
“We thank David for his service during this very important time of the transformation of Biolase,” said Harold C. Flynn, Jr., president and CEO of Biolase. “We have made substantial progress in building Biolase into a more disciplined and efficient commercial enterprise, and we thank David for his positive contributions to these efforts. Our financial organization has strengthened during David’s tenure, and we wish him the very best in his future endeavors.”

The company is currently conducting a search for a new chief financial...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Dreyer_Resigns_from_Biolase/p5/a61571 A61571 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:56:31 GMT
Arens Appointed Biolase EMEA VP
Arens is based in Germany and will report directly to President and CEO Harold C. Flynn Jr., and be responsible for all commercial and operational activities in the regions. He brings more than 15 years of experience in a variety of commercial and operational activities in international dental sales and business development. Since 2013, Arens has been consulting with dental and medical technology entrepreneurs, investors and manufacturers in establishing business plans and implementing robust commercial processes to improve the performance of sales and marketing teams. From 1999 to 2013,...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Arens_Appointed_Biolase_EMEA_VP/p5/a61154 A61154 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:45:38 GMT
Michael Roux, Matthew Wilson Join Biolase
Roux comes to Biolase with experience in marketing and product management, along with a wide range of medical device and multinational business expertise. Most recently, he served as the vice president of product management with Patient Safety Technologies for three years. Roux holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Minnesota and a MBA in marketing from the University of St. Thomas.

Wilson brings more than 15 years of experience in human resource management in diverse industries including...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Michael_Roux_Matthew_Wilson_Join_Biolase/p5/a60671 A60671 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:20:21 GMT
Biolase 2015 Revenue Reaches $48.5M
The company said the year-over-year increase of 1.7 percent resulted from a $3.2 million increase in worldwide laser sales, $2.7 million of which related to the WaterLase iPlus system. This increase was partially offset by a $2 million decline in imaging sales and a $746 thousand decline in services revenue associated with the third quarter 2014 change in accounting estimate which the company previously reported.

Biolase’s gross profit as a percentage of net revenue for 2015 year was 32.9 percent, as compared to 38.1 percent for 2014 year....]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_2015_Revenue_Reaches_485M/p5/a60544 A60544 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 08:39:15 GMT
Biolase Opens Dental Laser Training Center
Dental laser developer Biolase Inc. has announced the Biolase Learning Center, designed to provide laser training for dental professionals.

The Biolase Learning Center is located in Irvine, Calif. Courtesy of Biolase Inc. The 4500-sf center is colocated with Biolase’s headquarters, and comprises a main lecture hall, hands-on lab, meeting rooms, a business center and café. The hands-on laser lab features the company’s WaterLase iPlus all-tissue laser and EPIC X diode laser at each station, along with the capability for live video demonstrations with built-in monitors at each station.

There are more than 20 laser courses planned to take place at the Biolase Learning Center this year, which coordinates course...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_Opens_Dental_Laser_Training_Center/p5/a58390 A58390 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:14:56 GMT
Biolase, IPG Team Up on Dental Lasers
The companies will collaborate in the design and development of new products and applications. Biolase will be responsible for U.S. and international registrations of all dental products resulting from the agreement and will have exclusive worldwide commercial distribution rights for certain products over a multiyear initial term after completion of development.

IPG develops and commercializes optical fiber-based and semiconductor lasers for industrial, manufacturing and medical applications.

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https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_IPG_Team_Up_on_Dental_Lasers/p5/a58180 A58180 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:36:53 GMT
Biolase CEO Optimistic After Tumultuous Year
“The latter half of 2014 marked the beginning of the transformation of Biolase with a new board of directors and management,” said Jeffrey M. Nugent, who was chosen in June to replace ousted CEO Federico Pignatelli.

“Among the many problems we faced last June, revenues had been declining and there were substantial legal and administrative expenses caused by litigation that worsened the negative momentum even further,” Nugent said.

Revenue for the year was $47.7 million, down 15.4 percent from $56.4 million in 2013. The company attributed the downturn to...]]>
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Biolase_CEO_Optimistic_After_Tumultuous_Year/p5/a57234 A57234 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT