Our Industry Experts

Andrea Berk

Founder & CEO

Andrea Berk is an entrepreneur and business strategist specializing in dental practice growth, operations, and practice transitions. She is the Founder of The Dental Shop, where she works closely with dentists at every stage of their careers to help them make smarter decisions around buying, selling, scaling, and optimizing their practices. Andrea brings a practical, real-world perspective to complex business challenges facing dental professionals today. Her work focuses on helping practice owners increase efficiency, improve profitability, and build long-term enterprise value—without losing sight of patient care or work-life balance. Andrea regularly publishes insights on dental practice management, business strategy for dentists, practice transitions, and entrepreneurship, offering actionable guidance designed to help owners navigate growth with clarity and confidence. When she’s not advising practice owners, Andrea is focused on building scalable systems and partnerships that elevate independent dental practices nationwide.

Drew Schwartz

VP of Product & Marketing

Drew Schwartz is a product and marketing leader with a track record of launching and scaling new businesses from the ground up. As VP of Product & Marketing at The Dental Shop, he leads the development of the platform experience and go-to-market strategy — making it easier for dentists to buy, sell, and value practices with confidence. Drew has spent his career building products that solve real problems. As Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Harness Wealth, he launched the company's primary product, built cross-functional teams across design, engineering, and marketing, and developed the direct-to-consumer platform from scratch. At Hometeam, he led a mobile health monitoring platform that grew revenue from $8M to $50M. His experience spans product strategy, digital product design, SaaS, and B2B — with leadership roles at ShopKeep, Ladders, and Gust, and a foundation in user experience from his time at Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Drew brings a builder's mindset to The Dental Shop — focused on creating tools that are intuitive, trustworthy, and designed to help dental professionals make better decisions at every stage of practice ownership.