COMPANY
ESTABLISHED IN 2014
MISSION
- Instant connection among clinics and professionals for employment placement
- Clinics access a large number of professionals as potential employees
- Professionals have more visibility to clinics as potential employers
- Clinics and professionals can negotiate their wages and working hours
- Reasonable fees on job placement
FOUNDERS
Kevin Dang, DDS
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer – Calalia, LLC
- Doctor of Dental Surgery - University of Washington, School of Dentistry
- Software Engineer - Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computer, Inc
- Computer Science - University of California, Berkeley
Linh Nguyen
- Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer – Calalia, LLC
- Founder & CEO – Vision Software Solution
- Computer Science – Viet Nam National University, University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City
STAFF
Katerina Popach
- Dental Front Office Operation – Calalia, LLC
- Phlebotomy – Everett Central Community College
Devon Whitlock
- Dental Assisting Operation – Calalia, LLC
- Dental Assistant - Manatee Technical Institute, Lakewood Ranch, FL
- Fourth, First and Second Place in National, State and Regional dental assisting competitions
- Member of American Dental Assisting Association, National Technical Honor Society, Health Occupational Student of America
Phuong Tran, RDH
- Dental Hygiene Operation – Calalia, LLC
- Hygiene – Seattle Central Community College
- Law – University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City
Jeff Yang, RDH
- Dental Hygiene Operation – Calalia, LLC
- Dental Hygiene – Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Molecular Biology, University of Washington
ENGINEERING ADVISORS
Brent Mills
- Director – eBay
- Director – Video Ads, Search Experience, Amazon.com
- Director of Engineering – Musicnet, Drugstore.com, Getty Images
- CEO – Sunhawk.com
- M Eng, B Math, CS/EEE - University of Waterloo
Thuan Ba Duong, PhD
- Software development engineer – Amazon Web Service, Seattle, WA
- Electrical & Computer Engineering – Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Electronics & Telecommunication – Viet Nam National University, University of Technology, Ha Noi
DENTAL ADVISORS
Chris Crecelius, DDS
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Doctor of Dental Surgery – University of Washington, School of Dentistry
David Apatoff, DDS
- Dentist – Apatoff Family Dentistry, Edmonds, WA
- Instructor – Dental Hygiene Program, Shoreline Community College
- Doctor of Dental Surgery - University of Maryland, School of Dentistry
Alan Cooper, DDS
- Dentist – Burien Dental, Burien, WA
- Doctor of Dental Surgery - University of Washington, School of Dentistry
- Mathematics & Economics - University of Oregon
Heidi Glastetter-Barker, BSDH, MBA
- Director of Dental Sales & Education, North America – Kolibree, the Connected Toothbrush
- Founder & Owner - PerioConcepts
- MBA - George Washington University, Universitat St. Gallen
- BASc - Northern Arizona University, University of Washington
MEDICAL ADVISORS
Minh Dang, MD
- Dermatologist – Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center, Pleasanton, CA
- Dermatology, Mohs Micrographic Surgery – Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
- Doctor of Medicine – Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - University of California, Irvine
- Molecular Biology - University of California, Berkeley
Gary Walker, PhD
- Vice President, Clinical Research – ForSight VISION 5, Menlo Park, CA
- Vision Science – University of California, Berkeley
- Cybernetics - University of California, Los Angeles
OPTOMETRIC ADVISORS
Mindy Walker, OD
- Optometrist – Golden Hills Optometry, San Jose, CA
- Doctor of Optometry – University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
Michelle Ngo, OD
- Optometrist – Silver Creek Dental & Vision Care, Everett, WA
- Doctor of Optometry – Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
- Biochemistry - University of California, Davis
LEGAL ADVISOR
Glyn Lewis, JD
- Attorney of Law – Law Office, Seattle, WA
- Juris Doctor - Willamette University, College of Law, Salem, OR
- Economics & Political Science – University of Washington
ACCOUNTING ADVISOR
Alisa Na, CPA
- Certified Public Accountant – Accounting firm, Edmonds, WA
- Business Administration – University of Washington
THE NAME AND LOGO
- Calalia is short for the Calla Lily flower name
- Zantedeschia aethiopica (scientific name) is a species in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calla_Lily
- The idea of the logo comes from a bouquet of four calla lily flowers of different colors
- Calla Lily Valley, Big Sur by Yan Larsen. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yanlarsen/
INSPIRATION
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (text & video)