Russ Bonafede
Managing Partner
Russ Bonafede brings 35 years of dental/medical device experience to Delta G Ventures. He held executive leadership roles for 20 years before pivoting into consulting in 2019, having most recently served as CEO of Keystone Dental Inc., where he led the acquisition of Paltop Advanced Dental Solutions and a capital raise of $20M.
Prior to Keystone, he held executive level positions with Zest Dental Solutions, joining the organization as Chief Commercial Officer and later being promoted to President. During his tenure at Zest, Russ built out a world-class commercial organization, launched several key products, played a key role in two acquisitions (Iveri Whitening/Danville Materials), and was instrumental in the sale of Zest, generating an exceptional return for the private-equity sponsors (Avista Capital Partners).
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Before moving into a leadership role with HSO, his career accomplishments have been focused in the marketing discipline holding positions in nearly every aspect of medical device marketing. Preceding his role with HSO, he held Vice-President of Global Marketing positions with Biomet 3i and Zimmer Dental prior to the merger of those organizations. Other employers have included Stryker Leibinger, Macropore, Olympus Endoscopy and The American Red Cross.
Russ has a B.S. with a concentration in Marketing from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh where he graduated with Cum Laude honors and was voted “The Most Outstanding Student” in the Marketing major. He earned an MBA at San Diego State University, graduating at the top of his class and completing a mini thesis on “The Adoption and Diffusion of New Medical Technology”. He has completed additional graduate level coursework and seminars at University of San Diego, UCLA, The University of Chicago, and Seton Hall University. His experience spans smaller start-ups as well as larger established medical device companies in both public, privately-held, and private-equity sponsored environments. Russ resides in San Marcos, CA with his wife Linda.