About Us

Dave Fleming is the visionary founder and CEO of SmileShape, leading the company’s mission to transform digital dentistry through innovation and intelligent design. With a background in technology and healthcare, he drives strategic growth and product excellence across all operations.

David Brous brings extensive executive and investment experience to SmileShape’s Board of Directors, guiding long-term strategy and corporate governance. His leadership helps align company growth with industry trends and stakeholder value.

Fahad Aziz is a seasoned entrepreneur and board director known for his expertise in scaling tech ventures. At SmileShape, he provides strategic oversight in technology adoption and digital transformation initiatives.

Matt Toone leads SmileShape’s strategic planning and business development efforts, focusing on partnerships and market expansion. His expertise ensures that the company remains at the forefront of innovation in digital dental solutions.

Bruce Lieberthal drives SmileShape’s innovation pipeline, bridging emerging technologies with clinical applications. With decades of experience in dental technology, he champions creative solutions that enhance patient outcomes and practitioner workflows.

Mark Palmer oversees SmileShape’s global commercial strategy, building relationships that fuel adoption and revenue growth. His leadership ensures the company delivers value-driven solutions to dental professionals worldwide.

Kody Doherty leads the development and integration of SmileShape’s advanced software ecosystem. His technical leadership ensures seamless performance, scalability, and innovation across the company’s digital platforms.

Dr. Orhan Akal has over a decade of experience in AI and software development, with expertise in LLMs, NLP, computer vision, and cloud-based AI systems. Previously, he worked at Overjet.AI, Siemens Healthineers, the U.S. Air Force Research Lab, and ShotTracker.

CJ Sones oversees SmileShape’s project management operations, ensuring timely delivery and coordination across product teams. His leadership focuses on aligning innovation with execution to drive consistent results.

Dr. Taspinar is the Head of AI at SmileShape, where he leads the vision, architecture, and deployment of AI-driven systems powering the SmartCAD platform. Samet brings a strong research background and industry experience to building scalable AI solutions that drive accurate and consistent design results.

Dr. Morshedi is a Machine Learning Scientist specializing in AI-driven dental imaging and clinical decision support. He has led the development of production-scale ML systems for dental diagnostics and insurance workflows, with deep expertise in computer vision, deep learning, and large language models.

Dr. Tralie researches and develops 3D algorithms for SmileShape's SmartCAD project. He blends classical computer graphics and computational geometry techniques with modern AI techniques to create automated designs efficiently and accurately to specification.

Veysel specializes in the intersection of deep learning and visual technology. He focuses on designing intelligent pipelines to process 3D and 2D data. He also integrates language models with robust cloud infrastructure to build automated systems that are both powerful and precise for SmileShape.