Meet Our Leadership Team

Groundbreaking products demand outstanding leadership. Meet ours: A dedicated and pioneering team of seasoned and recognized healthcare professionals, senior product designers, medical device engineers, and startup executives.
Virginia Prendergast
Chief Scientific Officer

Co-founder and lead inventor of the OralKleen toothbrush. Senior Director of Evidence Based Practice at Barrow Neurological Institute with more than 40 years of experience at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

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Gary Lauterbach
Chief Executive Officer

Medical device executive with extensive experience in the ventilator and tracheostomy market and long-term relationships with key opinion leaders in the pulmonary space. Has been involved in numerous startups in the healthcare device field.

Kurt Kenzler
Chief Operating Officer

Product development executive with 30 years’ experience in product engineering and operations in aerospace, automotive, and clean-tech industries. Hands-on leader with diverse senior-level experience on a large corporate scale and in challenging tech startup environments.

Board of Directors

Mike Tully

Mike Tully is the Managing Partner of Horizon Strategic Advisors. He is the former President and CEO of Arizona AAA where he led the transformation of the organization into one of the fastest-growing AAA organizations in the US. Tully serves on the board of CopperPoint Mutual Insurance and chairs the Audit and Compliance Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board for Gainey Business Bancorp and is a board member for the United Way.

Gary Lauterbach

Chief Executive Officer, OralKleen

Medical device executive with extensive experience in the ventilator and tracheostomy market and long-term relationships with key opinion leaders in the pulmonary space. Has been involved in numerous startups in the healthcare device field.

Virginia Prendergast, PhD, NP, FAAN

Chief Scientific Officer, OralKleen

Co-founder and lead inventor of the OralKleen toothbrush. Senior Director of Evidence Based Practice at Barrow Neurological Institute with more than 40 years of experience at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

John Frye

John Frye is the National Vice-President Supply Chain Operations & Finance at CommonSpirit Health (CSH). He is the appointed board member representative of OralKleen by CommonSpirit. Prior to his current position at CSH, John served as Manager, Operations Advisory for KPMG. John has an MBA from The University of Chicago and a Master of Supply Chain Management from University of Michigan.

Tim Crown

Tim Crown is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Insight Enterprises, Inc., a $9 billion+ global technology provider headquartered in Tempe, AZ. Insight is a Fortune 500 company that is publicly traded on Nasdaq: NSIT and serves clients in more than 180 countries. Tim and his brother Eric also manage AZ Crown, a family office that invests in startups and early-stage companies.