Seattle-based Web services provider lands high-tech industry veteran to lead one of the fastest-growing companies in the dental space
Seattle, Washington–February 15, 2011–Sesame Communications, a dental industry pioneer in online patient connection systems, announced today that Mike Nelson has assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer / Chief Technology Officer. Nelson is a high-tech industry veteran and brings to Sesame a proven success track record in delivering high availability, feature rich Internet applications. Most recently Nelson led the definition and development of Growth Leader, a sophisticated online advertising, website, and contact management system in the real estate space.
In his new role, Nelson leads the development of the next generation in online patient connection systems that capitalizes on web design and development, search, patient reminders and online patient portals to optimize patient acquisition, retention, and referrals. The new integrated solution suite will be designed to further enhance practice efficiencies and ROI. “I am very excited to join the team at Sesame and to leverage our new technology platform to better partner with dentists, effectively addressing their needs for increased production and higher profitability,” stated Nelson.
“Mike Nelson has specialized in delivering highly scalable operational systems within fast growth innovative environments. As dentistry embraces technology in optimizing its service to patients, it is important to bring in the right expertise to deliver best-of-class solutions,” noted Diana P. Friedman, CEO or Sesame Communications.
Having adopted a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, Sesame Communications plans to start rolling out new upgrades and features to its Members in the first half of 2011.