Speaker Biography

Jacob Allen

Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Category Support
Aspen Dental

Jacob Allen is the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Category Support at Aspen Dental Management Inc.

With over 20 years of supply chain experience, Jacob joined Aspen Dental in November of 2017 to lead the function which includes strategic sourcing, purchasing, and logistics for the enterprise. The Supply Chain team at Aspen Dental supports the acquisition of goods, equipment, and services as well as the logistics for over 900 dental offices, 100 urgent care locations, 70 dental surgical centers, and a rapidly growing medical aesthetics business in addition to the corporate centralized functions. The team has been tasked with transforming the supply chain function to drive stakeholder and shareholder value as well as partnering with suppliers to drive quality and innovation in the products and services offered to our clinicians and patients.

Prior to joining Aspen Dental, Jacob was previously at Frontier Communications, where he transformed and lead the corporate strategic sourcing group with $3.5B in indirect and direct spend under management. Prior to joining Frontier Communications, Jacob held various roles within ITT Corporation which included leadership of global logistics, indirect strategic sourcing, and other business transformation Initiatives. Earlier in his career, Jacob spent 7 years with FedEx Corporation in operational leadership roles.

Jacob has a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Canisius College and an MBA, with a concentration in Supply Chain Management, from Syracuse University.

About Aspen Dental Management Inc.

With an innovative model that takes care of non-clinical business and administrative services so that providers are free to focus on patient care, the team at ADMI is driven by one overarching purpose: To care for the people who care for the patients. ADMI makes it easier for clinicians to have the careers they've always dreamed of, delivering care to their patients with the support of a team of experienced business professionals who are committed to making their practices a success. Support provided by ADMI includes services and recommendations related to finding the right locations, leasing, acquiring equipment, accounting and marketing.

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. (ADMI) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S., supporting 15,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,000 health and wellness offices in 46 states.