Christopher Goodson

Christopher Goodson has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and responsibilities. Christopher is currently the Global Head of Design and Planning Services at Dentsply Sirona, where they are responsible for new clinical software and solutions, prioritizing new offerings based on customer-centric metrics, and driving ideation of new products. Christopher previously served as the Global Head of Business Innovation at the same company, leading a team of business designers and driving customer-centric ideas and business models through the design process. Prior to that, Christopher was the Director Global Platform - Digital Workflows, where they created the vision and strategy for CAD/CAM software and aligned product planning with corporate goals. Christopher has also worked as a Global Product Manager for CAD/CAM Orthodontics, handling market analysis, product concept development, and strategic product pipeline definition. Before joining Dentsply Sirona, Christopher worked at Sirona Dental Systems as a Global Product Manager for Chairside CAD/CAM Software and as a Product Manager for 3D X-Ray Software. Christopher started their career as a Software Engineer at Lehmann Messsysteme GmbH and worked as a Network Administrator at GPS Netzwerkservice.

Christopher Goodson earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Computer Science from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, where they studied from 2000 to 2004. In addition, they briefly attended Hochschule Kaiserslautern in 2000 to study Applied Computer Science. Goodson has also obtained a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer certification from CrossFit Education in September 2023.