Our Team and Our Story

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Prior to Planet DDS, Kathleen served as controller for both DentalXChange and Dental Connect. She has held key consulting and management-level finance and accounting positions with some of the industry’s leading dental service organizations and large practices. Kathleen was a Senior Consulting at Ernst & Young, where she advised leading banks and Fortune 500 companies. She holds CCM and CMA credentials, and received an MBA from the University of Iowa.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Eric is responsible for operations, technology, finance, customer success, and strategy at Planet DDS. Prior to joining the company, he co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also ran Onesource Water, a bottleless water cooler firm where he nearly doubled the size of the company in less than three years. Eric has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Chae co-founded Computer Age Dentist, a nationally recognized practice management software company that subsequently merged with Medical Dynamics, a publicly traded company. At Medical Dynamics, he led the software division, with over 130 employees in 15 states, and was instrumental in selling Medical Dynamics to Practice Works, a leading dental practice management practice company. Computer Age Dentist is still in use at over 2,000 dental practices.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Richard is the founder of Planet DDS and currently serves as a Board Director. He works with the management team as an advisor promoting Planet DDS’ core ideology, product development and customer success. Richard has 30 years of dental technology experience and is one of the industry’s most successful information technology entrepreneurs, having founded dentalxchange, Dental Connect and Planet DDS. Richard is currently the CEO of Virtual Dental Care, the premier teledentistry company in the industry. Richard also has a passion for helping families and kids in the underserved communities and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County, the largest dental not-for-profit in Orange County.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Blake is responsible for sales, marketing, business development, and strategy at Planet DDS. Before he joined Planet DDS, Blake co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked for the U.S. State Department in Africa. Blake has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Davidson College.