Dr. Mark Tholen is the former CEO of the nation's premier dental office design firm, which created over 3,000 offices in virtually every State of the Union, Europe, and Australia. His career in dentistry spans over 30 years including clinical practice before obtaining his MBA from the University of Texas. He is the author of three dental textbooks published by Lea & Febiger, the most recent of which is a comprehensive book on all aspects of dental office design with over 7,500 copies sold. Dr. Tholen has lectured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia and is a former consulting editor to the parent corporation of Dental Economics. Currently, he is the principal instructor of the extremely popular dental office design seminar, "Inspiring Success", sponsored by A-dec of Newberg, Oregon.