David Hennessy

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Vice President and Head of Sales Donidalorsen @ Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
United States
David Hennessy's Location
Alamo, California, United States, United States
About David Hennessy

I am a successful sales and marketing executive with 20+ years of broad leadership experience, particularly within the healthcare industry. Throughout my career, I have built a record of creating and executing strategies that yielded breakthrough results, including 180-degree turnarounds, market-leading product launches, and year-over-year revenue growth. In particular, my contributions have had a measurable impact on key initiatives with Genentech, AstraZeneca, MyoKardia, and Kite Pharma.A naturally inquisitive and analytical professional, I am at my best when solving critical business challenges and creating ideal customer experiences. I challenge the status quo as needed and welcome change that serves as a positive development within organizations and markets. Overall, I am passionate about the role of healthcare in society, specifically in the fact that medical products can make a significant difference in the lives of others.I find true energy from helping others achieve their best, whether mentoring direct reports or providing guidance/support to team members in other areas. As employees are the lifeblood of an organization, I place a high premium on attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.HIGHLIGHTS☑ Kite Pharma, a Gilead company. Reporting to the head of US commercial, leading a diverse team of account and sales professionals in rare hematological oncology space that significantly outperforms growth expectations (year over year +70%). Collaboration with key Functional Heads such as Marketing, Manufacturing, Access, Legal and Medical.☑ MyoKardia (acquired by BMS Q420): Reporting directly to the CCO, design, create and recruit a CV Rare Disease Field organization and high collaboration with other Functional Heads such as Marketing, Access, Legal and Medical.☑ Genentech: Significantly exceeded growth expectations on Xolair for 3 consecutive years, tripling sales in 3 years (complex speciality biologic with buy and bill).☑ Genentech: Led transformation initiatives that included new field/marketing structures and vastly redefined leadership roles.☑ Genentech: Led a multi-product Stroke Marketing team with full P&L responsibility AND Life Cycle responsibility leading to the Phase 3 development of a new Stroke treatment (TIMELESS trial).☑ AstraZeneca: Delivered multiple turnarounds and successful launches, including major CV & other Specialty products.☑ AstraZeneca: Designed, created, recruited and launched a National Cardiovascular/Hospital field team comprised of sales, reimbursement and patient/nurse support.

David Hennessy's Current Company Details
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Vice President and Head of Sales Donidalorsen
United States
David Hennessy Work Experience Details
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Vice President And Head Of Sales Donidalorsen
    Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    United States
  • Kite Pharma
    Vice President Of Sales
    Kite Pharma May 2021 - Present
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    Responsible to further implement US commercial sales and account management strategy for cell therapy that accelerates the growth of Kite's CAR T business with the goal of increasing patient treatments.☑ Significantly exceed forecast with successful oncology rare disease launches (2L+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 2Q22, 3L+ Follicular Lymphoma 2Q21). Continued performance of 3L+ DLBCL and 2L+MCL indications.☑ Ensured required launch resources and successful launch DLBCL 2L+ launch (launch exceeding expectations)☑ Cultivate a high-performing, collaborative, patient focused and fun culture
  • Self-Employed
    Biotech Consulting
    Self-Employed Dec 2020 - May 2021
    Assisted multiple top tier start ups with their Sales & Marketing plans.
  • Myokardia
    Vice President Of Sales
    Myokardia May 2020 - Nov 2020
    Brisbane, California, Us
    Full accountability to build, lead and develop the sales organization. Reported directly to the Chief Commercial Officer and worked collaboratively as a key member of the Commercial and Medical Senior Leadership Team.☑ Designed MyoKardia’s first sales force to meet the unique Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy patient needs in a very short period of time (from conceptualization to actualization). Attracted top diverse sales talent.☑ Ensured required launch resources available via 3-year budget planning cycle ($55 million annual budget).☑ Cultivate and maintain relationships with key thought leaders and organizations. ☑ MyoKardia was acquired by BMS in November 2020
  • Genentech
    U.S. Transformation Team
    Genentech Sep 2018 - May 2020
    South San Francisco, California, Us
    Lead aspects of the U.S. Transformation Team that drives successful implementation of organizational transformation to focus on the customer and patient needs. Instill an agile approach and mindset within the design and implementation process, with a laser focus on the customer/patient experience.☑ Drove successful launch of new field and marketing structures achieving implementation in 6+ months. Led strategy formation, prioritization and identification of new desired behaviors/capabilities.☑ Redefined senior leadership role within Genentech and implemented with over 300 Genentech leaders. ☑ Evolved field capabilities and role definitions for 2,000+ team members and outlined key cross-functional partnerships required for implementation.
  • Genentech
    Lytics Marketing Director & Lifecycle Leader
    Genentech Jul 2016 - Sep 2018
    South San Francisco, California, Us
    Held full accountability for $1.1B P&L involving 3 hospital-based acute care products: Activase, Cathflo, and TNKase. Established and executed the overarching product strategy across all customer segments, including Hospital, HCP, Consumer, Payer, and other organizations. Conducted key business development activities.☑ Drove additional patients to treatment by creating a DTC Stroke Urgency program with proven ROI and demonstrated effectiveness based on newly identified drivers of stroke patient behavior. ☑ Led Lifecycle Team to establish a 5-year vision for the team that evaluated future patient needs and created potential trials to meet future patient and market needs (TIMELESS Trial, AHA Real World Evidence Trial). ☑ Exceeded revenue targets by leading a team of 13 marketers and 3 thought leader liaisons to achieve strategic and tactical focus. Ensured excellent sales, medical, marketing, regulatory, legal and access alignment.
  • Genentech
    National Sales Director - Respiratory
    Genentech Jul 2013 - Jun 2016
    South San Francisco, California, Us
    Held full accountability for results within the Allergy/Pulmonary & Dermatology accounts for Xolair, a complex specialty product with multiple distribution channels (Buy & Bill, SP, Medical Benefit). Tripled sales in 3 years.☑ Increased asthma growth rate from 3% to over 10% within 6 months by updating strategy and aligning key partners. Worked with the Head of Marketing to refine the strategic approach and create simplified messaging. ☑ Reconfigured and expanded field organization to ensure successful launch for Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria, surpassing goal by $150M+ and asthma accelerated to a 19% growth rate. ☑ Accelerated growth during competitive launch by updating training, resulting in Xolair growth acceleration to 25% and maintained 97% market share.☑ Improved patient and customer experience by reducing the time from prescription decision to injection from 17 to under 10 days. Increased sales’ access responsibility and reduced number of access to sales handoffs.
  • Astrazeneca
    Executive Director Cv Specialty
    Astrazeneca 2010 - 2013
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    Designed, built and led a Cardiology focused, field organization to launch Brilinta for Acute Coronary Syndrome and maximize Crestor. Team included 65+ leaders, 650+ sales representatives, 200 nurse educators, and 17 account directors.☑ Successfully launched Brilinta by adoption across 25k cardiologists and 2500 hospitals while aggressively highlighting the team’s success and turning around underperforming businesses. ☑ Reduced the losses of new starts to retail prescriptions from 50% to ~12%.☑ Identified key launch capability gap and created a new role to meet the need. Hired 17 institutional account directors to manage and accelerate performance in the top accounts and hospital systems.
  • Astrazeneca
    Area Sales Director
    Astrazeneca 2007 - 2010
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    Successfully led a GI, CV and Diabetes selling team of ~800, including 80+ leaders and over 720 sales representatives, including the successful launch of multiple inline product indications. ☑ Increased growth rate 2x for key brands over an 18-month period by enhancing field and payer execution and identifying key regionalization opportunities that included modified brand and patient strategies.☑ Top performing Area 2 of 3 years in role, including 1 year turnaround project that involved 4 of 8 regional directors.
  • Astrazeneca
    Managed Markets Marketing Director
    Astrazeneca 2006 - 2007
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    Created Crestor Access strategy and implemented AZ’s Medicare Part D plan. Tasked with identifying and removing access barriers for the field organization and drive regional implementation.☑ Doubled Tier 2 access to Crestor to over 85% ☑ Enabled affordable access for all AZ products to over 90% of lives at the launch of Medicare Part D☑ Reduced patient costs while resetting key payer with AstraZeneca, resulting in $35m annual savings
  • Astrazeneca
    Regional Sales Director
    Astrazeneca 2003 - 2006
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    Launched Nexium, Crestor, Seroquel and Zomig with 88 team members and engaged key field partners to deliver turnaround from the bottom 3rd to the top 3rd in 1 year, achieving the #1 ranking in the nation by year 2.
  • Astrazeneca
    Held A Series Of Progressively Senior Field/Field Management And Operations Roles.
    Astrazeneca 1996 - 2003
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

David Hennessy Skills

Cardiology Managed Care Pharmaceutical Sales Territory Hospitals Key Account Management Gastroenterology Primary Care Co Promotion Sales Operations Hospital Sales Sales Effectiveness Innovator Pharmaceutical Industry Urology Great Motivator Team Leadership Biotechnology Product Launch Neurology Diabetes Endocrinology Cross Functional Team Leadership

David Hennessy Education Details

  • Nebraska Wesleyan University
    Nebraska Wesleyan University
    Biology
  • University Of Phoenix
    University Of Phoenix
    Business

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