Featured Story: Tamisha Roark

From Clinical to Career Growth:

Tamisha Roark spent over a decade in dentistry as an EFDA before deciding to pivot into a non-clinical path. She took initiative to explore new opportunities and began charting her own course toward sales and business-focused roles. Champion Objective stepped in to help her refine her strategy, structure her outreach, and strengthen her interview preparation and amplified the effort she was already driving. Her persistence and preparation paid off, leading her to land a full-time role as a Territory Sales Manager at Noris Medical Dental Implant Solutions.

Background

Tamisha Roark has built a strong foundation in both clinical practice and business. She has been an Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) since 2013 and earned her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Georgia State University in 2021. By 2023, she was employed at a private dental practice, but she felt ready for change. She wanted to pivot into a non-clinical career where she could apply her dental expertise in new ways - yet the path forward wasn’t clear, and she lacked examples or mentors who had successfully made the same transition.

Champion Objective Process

When Tamisha connected with Champion Objective, she was navigating the uncertainty of leaving clinical work behind and stepping into business-facing roles. Together, we focused on:

• Interview Preparation & Career Navigation: Added structure towards clearly communicate her story, highlight transferable skills, and approach her job search with direction and focus.

• Structured Outreach Strategy: Learning best practices to connect with professionals in the dental and healthcare technology space, and how to position her background as an asset in sales and customer success roles.

• Confidence & Mindset Shift: Moving from trial-and-error exploration to a deliberate, structured approach that emphasized her value and potential in new career pathways.

Results

• Accepted a full-time role as Territory Sales Manager at Noris Medical Dental Implant Solutions, marking her successful pivot into a non-clinical career.

• Clarified her long-term goals: building a career in Sales, Customer Success, and Implementation/Integration within dental and healthcare technology.

• Strengthened her strategy in outreach and interviews, applying new strategies that directly led to her job offer.

• Positioned her clinical background as a differentiator in her new business-facing role.

Reflection

Tamisha describes this experience as transformational. With Champion Objective’s guidance, she went from uncertainty about how to leave clinical work to landing a business-focused role in dental technology. She credits interview prep, career navigation, and outreach strategies as the key factors that built her confidence and direction.

“Champion Objective helped me build confidence in interviews, refine my outreach, and get clearer on my career direction. That guidance played a big part in me securing my new role.” – Tamisha Roark