A Highly Experienced Core Team Focused on Bringing the Benefits of Dental AI Technology to Dentists and their Patients

For a large part of his career Tony worked for big pharmaceutical companies. He was Global Commercial Director at Astra Zeneca, National Brand Director at Astra Zeneca US, a Director of TT Healthcare and a Director of PharmaKure.

At Manchester Imaging he has led a development programme that has seen the company expand globally via a three-pronged strategy.

• Sales to dental practices via distribution agreements with international dental equipment manufacturers
• Contracts to develop Artificial Intelligence products for other imaging companies
• Sales direct to university dental schools around the world

Under Tony’s direction Manchester Imaging is on course to become a world-leading AI dental and medical software company.

Throughout his career Craig has shown an ability to exceed targets and expectations. The positions he has held include Head of Corporate Business at Software of Excellence (a Henry Schein company), Business Director of BT Global Services (Healthcare Sector) and Business Development Manager at Neural Technologies.

Craig’s career started in the British Army, where he served in the Royal Corps of Signals as an apprentice studying electronics and electrical engineering.

In 2006 Kevin created Salusinvest LP, a medical technology and management group formed to invest in EU and US life science businesses. Other companies that have benefited from his involvement include Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging; Michelon Diagnostics; Crystallon, world leader in cryosystems; Monica Healthcare diagnostic devices; and Imorphics, MRI and CT medical imaging services.

Kevin’s combination of scientific and business expertise and experience of working with such a wide range of medical technologies provides Manchester Imaging with a exceptional catalyst for growth.

Kevin graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc in Chemical Engineering. He also has an MBA from Manchester Business School.

He has worked in AI from its early days in the 1990s which gives him depth of knowledge in a broad range of machine learning techniques in a career spanning both academic and commercial sectors.

Tom has a proven track record in successful deployment of cutting-edge AI solutions in pharma, commercial and clinical settings and for a range of disease targets including dental, non-melanoma skin cancer, osteoporosis, facial paralysis, and osteoarthritis.

Tom has an Engineering Degree from Imperial College London and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

His advisory roles include press and Parliamentary representative for the British Dental Association; former Healthcare Commission adviser on dental complaints; co-optee of the NICE Public Health Advisory Committee; member of the Periodontal Steering Group for the Department of Health; Chair of Salford Local Dental Committee; Ambassador for Wrigleys, and Performance List panel member for NHS England.

This year, Jana has been awarded the position of Honorary Global Ambassador for Slow Dentistry, recognising his outstanding contribution to improving the quality of dentistry in practice, in education, on the lecture circuit and with the general public – recognition from his peers as being a leader in excellence on the world stage.

Jana lectures internationally on the subject of dental psychology and dental anxiety, harnessing his expertise in psychology alongside his dental clinical practice.

In all, Brian has worked in commercial software development for over twenty years.

His expertise in the development of machine learning algorithms, computer vision, deep learning and other AI technologies plays an important part in Manchester Imaging’s on-going R&D work, as does his background in health services, gained whilst working with Optasin Medical and the Waters Corporation.

Brian graduated from the University of Newcastle with a BSc (HONS) in Computer Science. Whilst working at Manchester Imaging he has established an Agile ISO 13485 compliant development environment and created web and cloud-hosted AI-based medical devices.

David is working directly on AssistDent; aiming to bring leading edge Computer Vision algorithms into the clinic to benefit the patient. Previously, David developed complex quantitative software for the pharmaceutical industry.

He obtained a PhD in Computer Vision and developed prize winning research at the University of Manchester. David’s academic research led to industrial collaboration with Toyota and patented methods for monitoring driver state using in-car cameras.

James graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a first in Physics and later from the University of Cambridge with a PhD in Structural Biology.

He has published 100 + refereed journal and conference papers, edited an influential book and edited four conference proceedings. In addition he is co-inventor of two patents.

• Detection of dental caries from bitewing X-rays. USA (2014), EU (2015), Canada (2017), validated in fourteen European states.
• Assessing bone mineral density – and hence osteoporotic status using radiographs. (USA 2017.)

James has extensive teaching and academic experience, has received numerous research grants and acts as an external PhD examiner for various UK and overseas universities.

At Manchester Imaging Susan is responsible for welcoming new customers and ensuring that they have a smooth onboarding experience and continues to provide on-going support throughout their journey with MIL for mutual success.

With a strong technical background developed in the Microsoft Office Suite, wordpress, marketing and communication software, she has the unique ability to integrate her skills with creative flair.

Many years in customer facing roles, have honed an already natural ability to communicate with rapport, which has been further developed through Coaching and Mentoring.

Susan is an accredited ILM Wellbeing Coach, a Lifestyle Prescriptions Health Coach, Reiki Master Teacher and currently doing a Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching Masters/PhD Degree.

At Manchester Imaging she is responsible for ensuring that the company complies with all applicable requirements and obtains regulatory approvals worldwide.

Eva’s skills include in-vito diagnostics, CE Mark and FDA submissions, developing quality systems and procedures.

Her Quality and Regulatory experience is extensive. She has implemented from scratch Quality Management Systems in compliance with in-vito diagnostic legislation, ISO 13485: 2006. BS/EN 14971: 2012 and other applicable directives.

Eva has a degree in physics from Valladolid University, Spain.  She is also a qualified SQLServer Database Administrator and has a Degree in Music (Piano).