Meet Jim

Jim Gaitan received his bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park campus in 1983.

After graduation, he began his technical sales career at Hewlett-Packard Company. A few years later, he joined the Digital Equipment Corporation during their rapid growth period as they gained market share against the key industry leader and industry rival IBM.

In 1990, Jim transitioned to the dental industry. He began his dental career by handling distribution for a leading dental practice management software company in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He had early exposure to the growth in intra-oral camera market and other pioneering high-tech dental technologies. In 1994, he joined Schick Technologies as their first sales representative. Jim grew within the company to hold positions of National Sales Manager, Director of Sales, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

After a successful 15 year career at Schick, Jim started a consulting company helping distributors and manufacturers improve sales and marketing of high-tech products.

In 2013, Jim co-founded Dentalfone. Dentalfone is an industry leader in cloud-based APPS and high-end websites for dental practices. Dentalfone is a company focused on mobile platforms which is the subject of his lectures and presentations.