Featured Story: Tamisha Roark

Turning Clinical Expertise Into Career Momentum: How Clinical Skills Led to Business Success

Tamisha Roark spent over a decade in dentistry as an Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) before deciding to pivot into a non-clinical career path. Motivated to expand her opportunities, she began exploring roles in sales and business within the dental and healthcare technology industry. Champion Objective helped her refine her strategy, structure her outreach, and elevate her interview preparation — accelerating the momentum she had already started building. Her commitment paid off, leading her to secure a full-time position as a Territory Sales Manager at Noris Medical Dental Implant Solutions.

Background

Tamisha built a strong foundation in both clinical practice and business education. She became an EFDA in 2013 and completed her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Georgia State University in 2021. By 2023, she felt ready for a new challenge — one that would allow her to apply her clinical understanding in a more strategic, business-facing role. Without many examples or mentors who had made the same transition, she faced uncertainty about the best way forward.

Champion Objective Process

Interview Preparation & Career Navigation

We added structure to her approach — helping her communicate her story clearly, highlight transferable strengths, and navigate her job search with purpose and direction.

Structured Outreach Strategy

Tamisha learned best practices for connecting with professionals in dental technology, medical sales, and customer-facing roles, while positioning her clinical experience as an industry advantage.

Confidence & Mindset Shift

She moved from a trial-and-error job search to a deliberate, strategic process that emphasized her clinical insight, adaptability, and potential in new career environments.

Results

• Accepted a full-time Territory Sales Manager role with Noris Medical Dental Implant Solutions.

• Clarified long-term goals in Sales, Customer Success, and Implementation/Integration across dental and healthcare technology.

• Strengthened her outreach strategy and interview performance, directly contributing to her job offer.

• Positioned her clinical background as a unique differentiator in her transition into a business-focused career.

Reflection

Tamisha describes this career shift as transformational. With greater structure, clarity, and confidence, she moved from uncertainty about leaving clinical work to launching a new chapter in dental technology. She credits interview preparation, career navigation, and outreach strategy as the steps that enabled her success.

“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