Vice President of Operations · Dental Pitch Brokerage
Dental Industry Veteran, Operations Executive, and Dental Practice Transitions Operations Advisor
Michelle Barrios is a dental industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience across clinical care, marketing, operations, and executive leadership. She began her career as a Registered Dental Hygienist — working directly with patients, understanding the rhythms and pressures of a dental practice from the inside.
Today, Michelle is the operational force behind Dental Pitch Brokerage. As Vice President of Operations, she ensures that every seller who works with the firm experiences a process that is organized, efficient, responsive, and completely free of the chaos and confusion that too often defines dental practice sales.
When the advisory team is doing its best work, Michelle is the reason everything runs on time and nothing falls through the cracks.
Education
Dental Hygiene Degree — Broward College
Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) — Clinical Licensure
As Vice President of Operations, Michelle leads the infrastructure that makes the Dental Pitch advisory model work at scale.
She brings 20 years of dental industry experience, operational precision, and a forward-looking approach to AI and process development — a combination built to ensure every transaction the firm manages is delivered to the standard sellers deserve.
Michelle is the official media contact and public-facing voice of Dental Pitch Brokerage across all major press releases — a role that reflects her position at the center of everything the firm does.
Dentists trust Michelle because she understands dental practices from the inside out — and because her operational precision ensures the sale process reflects the value of what they have built.
Comes From the Industry
She began her career as a Registered Dental Hygienist — working directly with patients and understanding what it takes to run a practice day to day. That background gives her an authenticity that sellers notice.
Operational Precision
In a practice transition, disorganization costs money. Missed details create legal exposure. Michelle ensures every step is tracked, every communication is clear, and every deadline is met.
AI & Process Innovation
Michelle implements AI tools to automate workflows, reduce seller friction, and improve communication — keeping the Dental Pitch advisory process efficient as the firm scales.
Seller-First Experience
How organized the process feels, how responsive the team is, how clearly the next step is communicated — all of this builds or destroys seller confidence. Michelle makes sure it builds it.
Michelle's expertise spans operations, technology, marketing, and dental industry knowledge — giving Dental Pitch an execution foundation that goes well beyond traditional brokerage.
Operations & Process Development
Strategic operations leadership and process development across complex, multi-team advisory environments.
AI Implementation
Workflow automation and AI tool integration to improve communication, reduce friction, and scale operational capacity.
Digital Marketing
Digital marketing strategy built across dental and healthcare practice environments.
Cross-Departmental Project Management
Team coordination and project management across parallel workstreams and client-facing operations.
Event Planning & Conference Coordination
Large-scale event execution and conference coordination built at Smiles at Sea and The Dental Festival.
Media Relations & Press
Official media contact and press release management across national distribution channels.
Data-Driven Strategy
Continuous improvement and strategy execution grounded in performance data and measurable outcomes.
Qualified Buyer Sourcing
Buyer-seller alignment and qualified buyer sourcing to ensure the right fit for every practice transition.
A career built at the intersection of dental clinical care, marketing, and executive operations — across practice environments, conference platforms, and advisory firms.
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Vice President of Operations
Dental Pitch Brokerage — Fort Lauderdale
Leads strategic operations, AI implementation, and cross-departmental coordination for the full advisory team. Serves as official media contact across all national press releases and firm announcements.
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Vice President of Operations
Driven Dental Implant Marketing
Cross-departmental support for account management, process development, and project management. Contributed to dental implant marketing strategy and authored articles on growing dental practices.
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Director of Marketing
Smiles at Sea & The Dental Festival
Led marketing strategy and event coordination for one of dentistry's most recognized continuing education conference platforms. Built experience in dental industry community-building, brand development, and large-scale event execution.
Every advisory model lives or dies on execution. Dental Pitch Brokerage has assembled a team with exceptional legal, financial, and deal expertise. Michelle is the person who ensures all of that expertise is actually delivered — on time, in order, and to the standard sellers deserve.
Operational Execution
She understands that the operational experience of the sale process — how organized it feels, how responsive the team is, how clearly the next step is communicated — is part of what builds or destroys seller confidence.
AI-Driven Efficiency
Michelle ensures that technology is used to improve seller outcomes, not just to reduce internal workload. That commitment to continuous improvement is what keeps the Dental Pitch advisory process sharp.
Dental Industry Fluency
Her clinical background makes her uniquely suited to this role. She understands what it means to run a dental practice — and what practice owners feel when they are preparing to sell something they have spent decades building.
The Operational Standard
Dental Pitch Brokerage has built its reputation on advisory depth. Michelle is the reason that depth is consistently delivered — maintaining the infrastructure and standards that allow the firm to perform at scale.
Michelle lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband and daughters. Outside of work she is an active learner and describes herself as a lifelong student of her craft.
She brings the same curiosity and attention to detail to her personal life that defines how she operates professionally.
Verify Michelle's credentials, explore her professional profiles, or connect with the Dental Pitch team directly.
Dental Pitch Brokerage brings together legal expertise, private equity experience, and deep knowledge of dental practice valuation — all under one advisory roof.
If you are ready to understand what your practice is worth, or thinking about what a transition could look like, the right conversation starts here.
The goal is not just to sell your practice.
The goal is to sell it wisely.
What to Expect
