10 Dentsply Sirona engineering leaders
VP Research and Development, Director Industrial Engineering and R&D Director are among the roles held by these ten Dentsply Sirona engineering leaders, some of whom have since moved on. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Dentsply Sirona from people who have held the role.
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Alexander Bähr
LinkedInExperience: Director Industrial Engineering · Dentsply Sirona
Alexander Bähr has been Director Industrial Engineering at Dentsply Sirona since April 2025, based in Worms, Germany. Alexander Bähr was Regional Manager Industrial Engineering Europe US at Pepperl+Fuchs Group from 2021 to 2025, Head of Industrial Engineering there from 2016 to 2021 and Factory Manager there from 2012 to 2015.
Balaji Prabhu
LinkedInExperience: Director Global R&D, 3D Printing · Dentsply Sirona
Balaji Prabhu has been Director Global R&D, 3D Printing at Dentsply Sirona since August 2021, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Balaji Prabhu was Director, Global Strategic Marketing, Medical Device Solutions at Evonik from 2020 to 2021, Director, Medical Device Competence Center (MDCC) there from 2017 to 2019 and a Head of Innovation there from 2014 to 2017.
Bharat Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director of Research & Development · Dentsply Sirona
Bharat Patel was Director of Research & Development at Dentsply Sirona from July 2023 to March 2026, based in Princeton, New Jersey, with the role in Charlotte, and is now SME, Medical & Combination Devices at Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Bharat Patel was Director/Research Fellow, DePuy Synthes/Ethicon at Johnson & Johnson from 2018 to 2023.
Joël Leuenberger
LinkedInExperience: R&D Director · Dentsply Sirona
Joël Leuenberger has been R&D Director at Dentsply Sirona since July 2024, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and was Senior R&D Manager there from 2022 to 2024 and R&D Manager from 2019 to 2022. Joël Leuenberger was Senior R&D Project Manager at Dentsply Sirona from 2017 to 2019 and R&D Project Manager at EMS - Electro Medical Systems from 2014 to 2017.
Mike Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, Global Supply Chain · Dentsply Sirona
Mike Anderson has been Senior Director of Engineering, Global Supply Chain at Dentsply Sirona since February 2023, based in Bradenton, Florida, and also lists Director of Engineering Technology, M&E Div at Dentsply Sirona since 2019. Mike Anderson has been Director of Operations at Dentsply Raintree Glenroe since 2012 and was Operations R&D Manager there from 2009 to 2012.
Oliver Nowarra
LinkedInExperience: Head of RnD Manufacturing Devices · Dentsply Sirona
Oliver Nowarra has been Head of RnD Manufacturing Devices at Dentsply Sirona since December 2025, based in Mannheim, Germany, and also lists Chief Product Owner there from 2024 to 2026. Oliver Nowarra was Chapter Lead 'Robotics & Controls' at Dentsply Sirona from 2022 to 2024 and Chapter Lead & Product Owner 'CAM Toolpath Technology' there from 2020 to 2022.
Peter Fornoff
LinkedInExperience: VP Research and Development · Dentsply Sirona
Peter Fornoff has been VP Research and Development at Dentsply Sirona since January 2021, based in Reichelsheim, Germany, with the role in Bensheim, and was Director Research and Development there from 2016 to 2021. Peter Fornoff was Director Research and Development at Sirona Dental Systems from 2000 to 2016 and Head of Electronics there from 1997 to 2000.
Sarah Abaza
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Engineering · Dentsply Sirona
Sarah Abaza has been Director, Global Engineering at Dentsply Sirona since December 2023, based in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area, and also lists Site Engineering Leader there from 2020 to 2024. Sarah Abaza was Chemical Process Engineering Lead at Dentsply Sirona from 2019 to 2020 and a Chemical Process Safety Engineer at W. R. Grace from 2017 to 2019.
Stefan Maier
LinkedInExperience: Director R&D Imaging, Business Unit Equipment & Instruments · Dentsply Sirona
Stefan Maier was Director R&D Imaging, Business Unit Equipment & Instruments at Dentsply Sirona from September 2018 to September 2022, based in Darmstadt, Germany, with the role in Bensheim covering dental X-ray product lines including Axeos, Orthophos, Xios and Schick. Stefan Maier was Leiter Forschung, Entwicklung und Technologie, Geschäftsbereich Bildgebende Systeme there from 2015 to 2018 and was Leiter Entwicklung at Andreas Hettich GmbH from 2022 to 2026.
Talia Shekhter Zahavi
LinkedInExperience: R&D Director, Regenerative Solutions · Dentsply Sirona
Talia Shekhter Zahavi has been R&D Director, Regenerative Solutions at Dentsply Sirona since January 2022, based in Israel. Talia Shekhter Zahavi was R&D and Clinical Research Director at Mileutis Ltd. from 2019 to 2022 and R&D Project Manager at CollPlant from 2015 to 2018, and the profile cites leading projects from early R&D through scale-up production to regulatory approval.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your engineering role, and why?
- 02How do you decide when a new dental device design is ready to hand to manufacturing engineering?
- 03What has your own work taught you about meeting medical device regulations without slowing development?
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