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.
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Tyler Hoehn
Chief Executive Officer

Tyler joined OralKleen as CEO in April 2026 and leads the company’s vision, growth strategy, and commercial execution across the healthcare continuum. With over a decade of experience in the medical device industry, he has a strong track record of scaling businesses, driving go-to-market transformation, and delivering consistent revenue growth.
Before OralKleen, he held leadership roles overseeing commercial teams and supporting the growth and performance of established healthcare businesses such as AirLife, Vyaire, and AVANOS Medical.

He holds an MBA from Capital University and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Miami University.

Kurt Kenzler
President & Chief Operating Officer

Kurt serves as President & Chief Operating Officer of OralKleen and has led the company’s product development and commercialization efforts since its inception in 2020.

He brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in product engineering, operations, and commercialization in the highly regulated industries of aerospace, energy infrastructure, and medical devices.

Kurt has held leadership roles at global technology companies including Rolls-Royce Holdings and Honeywell, as well as multiple high-growth technology startups. A hands-on executive and servant leader, he specializes in guiding organizations through complex technical challenges, fast-paced environments, and resource-constrained scaling initiatives.

He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and is Six Sigma Black Belt certified.

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Kurt Kenzler
President & Chief Operating Officer

Kurt serves as President & Chief Operating Officer of OralKleen and has led the company’s product development and commercialization efforts since its inception in 2020.

He brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in product engineering, operations, and commercialization in the highly regulated industries of aerospace, energy infrastructure, and medical devices.

Kurt has held leadership roles at global technology companies including Rolls-Royce Holdings and Honeywell, as well as multiple high-growth technology startups. A hands-on executive and servant leader, he specializes in guiding organizations through complex technical challenges, fast-paced environments, and resource-constrained scaling initiatives.

He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and is Six Sigma Black Belt certified.

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Virginia Prendergast, PhD, NP, FAAN
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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Cindy Sullivan, MN, RN, ANP-C, CNRN
Vice President of Clinical Affairs

Cindy joined OralKleen as Vice President of Clinical Affairs in 2023 and leads the company’s clinical implementation strategy, education, and evidence-based practice initiatives. With more than 35 years of experience in neuroscience, critical care, and advanced practice nursing, she has dedicated her career to improving patient outcomes through innovation, clinical leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Before joining OralKleen, Cindy held advanced practice and leadership roles at Barrow Neurological Institute, Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, and Johnson & Johnson/Codman & Shurtleff. She also served as President of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses and has contributed extensively to national and international nursing education, publications, and program development.

Cindy holds a Master of Nursing from the University of Phoenix, an Adult Nurse Practitioner degree from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa.

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Cindy Sullivan, MN, RN, ANP-C, CNRN
Vice President of Clinical Affairs

Cindy joined OralKleen as Vice President of Clinical Affairs in 2023 and leads the company’s clinical implementation strategy, education, and evidence-based practice initiatives. With more than 35 years of experience in neuroscience, critical care, and advanced practice nursing, she has dedicated her career to improving patient outcomes through innovation, clinical leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Before joining OralKleen, Cindy held advanced practice and leadership roles at Barrow Neurological Institute, Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, and Johnson & Johnson/Codman & Shurtleff. She also served as President of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses and has contributed extensively to national and international nursing education, publications, and program development.

Cindy holds a Master of Nursing from the University of Phoenix, an Adult Nurse Practitioner degree from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa.

Board of Directors

Jeff Eardley

Jeff Eardley is a veteran of over 22 years in the Healthcare and Medtech industries, who is passionate about scaling businesses that are truly customer-centric. After spending 14 years at Stryker in various sales and marketing leadership roles, Jeff pivoted to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity that scaled a Med Device business from $65M to $250M in 3 years before its exit. Jeff led sales integrations and commercial strategies focused from ASC to Health Systems, growing the business through a transformative growth stage. He has spent the last 8 years commercializing and scaling businesses across the Health System C-Suite, GPO, and Healthcare SAAS spaces. This experience has given him vast exposure in leading cross disciplinary teams in commercial execution, scale ups, payor and provider models, MEDDIC qualification, and Venture/PE backed organizations. He enjoys the ever-changing pace of the Healthcare industry and maximizing strategy for value creation and growing businesses to their absolute potential.

Gary Lauterbach

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.

Manoja Lecamwasam

Dr. Manoja Lecamwasam is a healthcare innovation and life sciences executive with extensive expertise in intellectual property strategy, clinical innovation, and commercialization within large health systems. She currently serves as System Vice President of Intellectual Property and Life Sciences Innovation at CommonSpirit Health, where she leads initiatives focused on advancing innovative healthcare technologies and medical solutions.

 

Previously, Dr. Lecamwasam held leadership roles in innovation and licensing at Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Healthcare and Dignity Health. She holds a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Tufts University School of Medicine, along with graduate business and molecular biology degrees, and brings a strong combination of scientific, operational, and healthcare innovation expertise to the Board of Directors.

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.