Lea Ellermeier Nesbit, Manager

Lea Ellermeier Nesbit is president and founder of Celadon Dental, a dental distribution company based in Dallas, Texas. Lea has held executive management positions in international sales, business development, customer service and product marketing in world markets.

Lea co-founded Lingualcare, Inc., a dental technology company that won the prestigious Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Award in 2007 for being one of the fastest growing, most dynamic companies in Dallas. Lingualcare was purchased by 3M Company in November, 2007.    She has also led efforts in healthcare technology, QA software and professional services, Internet travel software development, and Windows graphics applications.

Lea serves as an advisor and mentor to several technology start-up companies in the U.S. and Germany, and frequently speaks at technology and healthcare forums.  She has a B.A. in Political Science (Cum Laude) from the University of Texas El Paso and an M.B.A. from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ.