Entrepreneurship Founders

Mike Baird

Membership Information:

Member Since: 2021

Contact Information:

Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bairdmike/

Employment:

Job Title: CEO/Founder
Company: Accelerate Dental
Location: Utah, United States

Biography:

Michael Baird is the CEO of Accelerate Dental, an innovative Dental Partnership Group helping entrepreneurial dentists retain practice ownership, increase practice growth, and deliver higher quality care.

Prior to founding Accelerate, Michael served as CEO of Henry Schein One, helping the world’s largest dental software company transition to the cloud and overseeing a software portfolio used by 70% of Dentists. Before that, Michael was founder and CEO of Avizia and served as President of Amwell after Avizia was acquired in 2018. Mike helped grow Amwell to be the largest provider of telehealth technology and services in the US with a successful IPO in 2020. Earlier in his career, Mike held senior positions at Tandberg, Cisco, McKinsey & Company and Dell. Mike serves on various boards 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.

Board Member

• TimelyCare
• Clarifi Health
• American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
• Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO)
• Brigham Young University School of Accounting
• Young President’s Organization – Utah Chapter

Mike has been honored multiple times including:

• 2025 Accelerate Dental “Best Places to Work”
• 2023 Henry Schein One UK, “Best Places to Work”
• 2022 Henry Schein One, “Best Places to Work” 2018 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Mid-Atlantic Region)
• 2017 & 2016 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
• 2018, 2017, 2016 Avizia honored as Modern Healthcare's "Best Places to Work"