Alex Nottingham, J.D., M.B.A.
All-Star Dental Academy
Alex is the CEO and Founder of All-Star Dental Academy. He has authored the dental practice game-changer book “Dental Practice Excellence” and co-wrote a bestselling book with Brian Tracy. Alex has shared the stage with Michael Gerber (the author of “The E–Myth Revisited”), and lectures nationally and internationally to prestigious dental organizations. He is a former Tony Robbins top coach and consultant, having worked with companies from $1 million to $100 million. His passion is to help others create personal wealth and make a positive impact on the people around them. Alex received his Juris Doctor (JD) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Florida International University.
Heather Nottingham
All-Star Dental Academy
Heather is a former retail sales specialist and department trainer for Bloomingdale’s, where she had a million dollar clientele. She also took that luxury retail mentality and brought it into the dental world, where she leveraged her training and was able to make an extra million dollars for her dental office in less than 18 months. With over 16 years of retail sales & management experience, 7+ years as a phone skills coach & trainer, and thousands of hours in perfecting the art of rapport with dental patients, Heather helps improve dental practices’ profitability through phone skills success, promoting patient experience, and implementation of systems.
Larry Guzzardo
All-Star Dental Academy
Larry’s 24-year career as a training specialist began with in-house training programs such as active listening, customer service, stress management, and career development, but quicky shifted so he could focus full-time on dental consulting. Larry works one-on-one with dentists in practice management, business systems, and leadership development, and presents workshops on topics including, “Winning Patient Acceptance of Fine Dentistry,” “Working with You is Tearing Us Apart,” and “The Leadership Challenge.” Larry is an accomplished speaker and published author.
Lorne Lavine, D.M.D.
CEO, The Digital Dentist
Dr. Lorne Lavine is the CEO and Founder of The Digital Dentist, a company that focuses on the technology needs of dental practices. Dr. Lavine writes for many dental publications, lectures internationally, and has worked with over 2,000 dental offices. He helps practices make informed decisions about hardware, software, data backup, disaster recovery, HIPAA compliance, and network monitoring.
Jennifer Shultz
Insurance & Productivity Expert
Jennifer Schultz is an insurance efficiency expert with over 20 years of experience in dentistry working in and with dental practices as an employee, software trainer and practice management consultant. Jennifer focuses on providing dental practices the tools to work more efficiently. This is why she founded Virtual Dental Office and DentalInsuranceNavigator.com.