School of Accountancy Board of Advisors

Mike Baird

Membership Information:

Current Position: Curriculum Innovations
Member Since: 2021

Employment:

Job Title: CEO
Company: Henry Schein One
Location: Utah, United States

Biography:

Michael Baird serves as CEO for Henry Schein One, the world leader in dental practice management software. HS1 offers market-leading solutions for dental practices, including Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Enterprise, Easy Dental, TechCentral, Demandforce, Sesame Communications, Lighthouse360, Officite, DentalPlans.com as well as leading practice solutions in 12 countries.

Prior to HS1, Michael was founder and CEO of Avizia and served as President of American Well after Avizia was acquired in 2018. American Well is the nation’s largest provider of telehealth technology and services for health systems and health plans, used by over 2400 of the nation’s hospitals and millions of consumers around the world. Earlier in his career, Mike held senior positions at Tandberg, Cisco, McKinsey & Company and Dell. Mike serves on the board of the American Telemedicine Association and is also a Venture Partner at Waterline Ventures, a Boston based venture capital dedicated to digital health transformation. Mr. Baird holds a BS degree in accounting from Brigham Young University, an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and was designated in 2005 as a Siebel Scholar.

Mike has been honored multiple times including:
2018 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Mid-Atlantic Region)

2017 & 2016 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
2016, 2017, 2018 DC Inno 50 on Fire Healthcare Winner
2016 NVTC Hottest Startup
2015 DC 40 under 40

2018, 2017, 2016 Avizia honored as Modern Healthcare's "Best Places to Work"