BIOLASE Names New Vice Presidents of Marketing and Human Resources

BIOLASE Inc., a global provider of dental lasers, has appointed veteran medical device executives Michael Roux as its vice president of marketing, and Matthew Wilson as its vice president of human resources, effective immediately. Both are new members of the company’s executive leadership team and will report to BIOLASE President and CEO Harold C. Flynn Jr.

Roux has significant leadership experience in marketing and product management and comes to BIOLASE with a wide range of medical device and multinational business expertise with major publicly-owned companies. Most recently, Roux served for three years as vice president of product management with Patient Safety Technologies, which was acquired by Stryker Corp. in 2014. Prior to that, he spent four years as global product director for the Respiratory Care franchise of Hill-Rom, and 19 years at 3M Company, where he held positions of increasing responsibility within product engineering, Six Sigma, global product marketing leadership and business development groups.

Roux holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Minnesota, and an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of St. Thomas.

Wilson brings more than 15 years of experience in human resources management in diverse industries, including dental medical device, commercial real estate and aerospace. Most recently, he served for nearly eight years as human resources director for the Zimmer Biomet Inc. (previously Zimmer Inc.) dental business. Prior to that role, Wilson spent more than three years at CBRE Group Inc. as human resources director and senior organization development consultant. Wilson began his career in human resources in Raytheon Company’s two-year Human Resources Leadership Development Program, followed by an additional three years as principal human resources generalist for the company’s Integrated Airborne Systems organization.

Wilson holds an M.B.A. in international management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from the University of Utah.

“I am very pleased and quite proud to be able to expand the BIOLASE executive leadership team with Michael and Matt, two highly talented and experienced professionals. Michael has led strategic and downstream tactical marketing, development, clinical education, clinical research, and sales training for some of the most renowned companies in the medical device and consumer goods sectors. His experience in customer-centric marketing, his technical acumen, and analytic prowess through his six-sigma black belt certification make him well suited to help lead our product realization and commercial efforts to significantly higher levels,” Flynn said.

“I had the good fortune of working with Matt for over six years as my human resources leader and business partner at Zimmer Dental, so he is a well-known entity to me,” Flynn continued. “Matt is a remarkable judge of talent, and has great experience in the recruitment, retention, and development of professionals across all disciplines, with special emphasis on the sales function where he led the human resources efforts on a sales force with well over 150 territories. He has been certified in multiple world-class organizational and development programs which will greatly benefit BIOLASE and its employees. Through their individual contributions and leadership, I expect Michael and Matt will raise our level of play significantly, and along with the rest of the leadership team, they will be integral to achieving BIOLASE’s vision.”

Irvine, Calif.-based BIOLASE develops, manufactures, markets, and sells laser systems in dentistry and medicine and also markets, sells, and distributes dental imaging equipment, including digital X-rays and CAD/CAM scanners. The company’s proprietary laser products incorporate approximately 250 patented and 90 patent-pending technologies designed to provide biologically clinically superior performance with less pain and faster recovery times. BIOLASE’s principal products are revolutionary dental laser systems that perform a broad range of dental procedures, including cosmetic and complex surgical applications, and a full line of dental imaging equipment. BIOLASE has sold approximately 31,200 laser systems to date in more than 90 countries around the world.