Bruce Frank is an Independent professional operating as Bruce R. Frank & Associates (BRFA). BRFA is a consulting firm that provides creative business solutions (strategy, business / market development, sales and marketing) to complex issues to its clients.Since 2002, BRFA has worked with 50 companies, conducting 75 projects. Its practice is split between Life Sciences (diagnostics, medical devices, diabetes, pharmaceuticals) and Industrial Products. The core of BRFA's success is its ability to concisely define its client's value proposition and develop ways to access this value in the market. BRFA's clients include US based companies (ex. LifeScan, DowAgroSciences, Abbott Lab.) and non US based companies (ex. ThyssenKrupp, Lonza AG, European pharmas). The types of work performed include;1. Subject Matter Expert (Life Sciences): Topic specific expertise and experience.2. Market / Technology Due Diligence: Identify value of an opportunity and how to access that value.3. Audits of Portfolio Investments: Turn around projects, concluding with next steps to profitability.4. Strategy development: Business and commercial strategies that maximize value.5. War Gaming: Fast reactions to market / business changes.6. Board membership.BRFA uses a market oriented, customer focused, quantitative process that integrates the client's skills and experience with its own business acumen to develop the best solution possible. Typically, clients are implementing positive change within five weeks. 70% of its clients have engaged the firm at least twice, indicating the quality of the solutions delivered.Specialties: Diagnostics: diabetes (discrete / continuous glucose monitoring), central lab, near patient, physician office, and home testing, point of care Dx, molecular Dx/personalized medicine.Pharmaceuticals: diabetes, specialty pharmaOther industries: industrial productsExtensive international experience (North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East & China)