Randi & Scott James are the co-owners of Renstrom Dental Studio, a full service family owned dental laboratory located in St Paul, Minnesota. Started by Randi's Grandfather in 1966, and then owned by her Father & Uncle, Randi & Scott were proud to continue the family legacy in 2019, when they became the third generation owners.
Although not a technician, Randi takes pride in continuing the tradition to ensure Renstrom is providing superior quality and service to their doctors around the country. Randi oversees day to day operations, with a goal of providing an open environment to allow technicians to take pride in their work and grow their talents. She was a past board member of the Midwest Dental Laboratory Association, and a 2018 graduate of the NADL University. She enjoys being involved with Century College’s Dental Advisory Board, as well as other local schools to help bring awareness of the great career opportunities in dental technology.
Scott joined the dental industry in 2017 when Scott & Randi decided they may want to continue on with the family laboratory. Scott's experience in graphic design and digital print transferred nicely to dental technology, and he spent his first year in the industry traveling the country taking in over 100 hours of CE courses, with a dental client and friend of Renstrom. He now oversees the new technology within the lab, does surgical guides and implant treatment plans with doctors, as well as keeps the lab motivated and driven to keep up with all the advances taking place within the industry. Scott currently is involved with a local Spear Study Club, the WIADE Study Club out of Madison WI, was a 2018 graduate of the NADL University, and featured in LMT's 40 Under 40 in 2021.
Outside of the lab, Scott & Randi enjoy traveling, and spending time with their two children Hailey & Bryant.
Scott & Randi James has been a guest on 4 episodes.
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318: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 5 with Carrie Ling, Randi James, David Lesh, Nitasha Rizvi, Beth Brown, Lola Welch, & Julia Glancey
April 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
3d arm, chicago, cost of good sales, dental, dso, friends, gross profit margins, harvard, husband / wife, hygiene, international, ivoclar, journey, lab day, laboratory, ladies of the mill, learning, london, on stage, podcast, profitability, roundtables, sales, school, sprint ray, support, surgery new york, teaching, technician, technician of the year, travel, voices from the bench
We wrap up all of Lab Day Chicago 2024 with a collection of 4 conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom. Carrie Ling & Randi James talk about friendship, David Lesh talks about profit, Nitasha Rizvi talks about teaching at Harvard, and Beth Brown, Lola Welch, and Julia Glancey chat about coming to America for the show.
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264: Dancing in the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Patric Frank, Jess Mashewske, and Randi & Scott James
April 17th, 2023 | 59 mins 25 secs
3d printing, 3shape, architect, bench test, bleaching, construction, customer service, dental, dso, electronics, german, hair salon, heart, innovation, ivoclar, laboratory, moving, new york, podcast, removable, technician, training, voices from the bench
We bring you 3 great conversations from the Ivoclar Grand Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. We talk to Patric Frank, the CMO for Ivoclar. Then we chat to Jess Mashewske who runs a lab for a small DSO, and finish up with the tradition of talking to Randi and Scott James.
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210: Back at LMT Lab Day Chicago Part 2: Randi & Scott James, Lorene Flores, Jennifer Cowherd
April 4th, 2022 | 59 mins 10 secs
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We are back with more fantastic conversation from the Preat booth at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2022! This week we talk to Randi & Scott James, Lorene Flores, and Jennifer Cowherd.
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108: Pure Gold From LMT Lab Day Chicago 2020 Part 1: Scott & Randi James and Fernando Catania
April 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
argen, chicago, dental, lab day, laboratory, lmt, podcast, roland, spear, technician, voices from the bench
After an update from Bennett Napier we take you back to a time where we could all get together and celebrate dental laboratories. LIVE from LMT Lab Day Chicago, we talk to Scott and Randi James from Renstrom Dental Lab and then Fernando Catania from DGSHAPE with the Roland mills.