Fred Kaplan Email & Phone Number

FREDERICK M. KAPLANVice President Bio Med Sciences Group Inc.Fred Kaplan began recruiting candidates for Medical/Dental Device, Bio-Life Science and Biotechnology clients with Downs Group in November 1999 after a 25 year career in Sales and Marketing Management with international chemical manufacturers including Bayer, OccidentalChemical and Elf Aquitaine. He has held positions in regional and district sales, national accounts, business, distribution and product management. Highlights of his career in the chemical industry include developing and implementing a total-quality management process, developing and growing a $20 million sales region over a 5 year period while increasing regional revenues by $3 million and revitalizing and restructuring an industrial market in a recessed market place. In 2010 he opened his search firm Bio Med Sciences GroupFred’s professional background in the chemical industry is vertically parallel to the positions he recruits for in the Medical/Dental Device, Bio-Life Science and Biotechnology industries, which benefits his clients by allowing him to genuinely understand the shoes that need to be filled. This, combined with hands-on medical device experience while a pre-med major at Ohio University, gives him confidence in his ability to find and place candidates for a list of satisfied clients that includes BSN-Jobst, Bayer Diagnostics, Sunrise Medical and Remel (a division of Sybron International).The capacity to understand client’s needs and match them to candidates in a timely fashion is what makes Fred successful. He has completed executive searches for positions ranging from field sales representatives, product managers and marketing managers to national account manager, directors of marketing and vice presidents for clients in the Medical Device, Dental Device, Microbiology and Life Sciences industries.Raised in Ohio, Fred had spent all of his life in the Midwest prior to moving to North Carolina ten years ago. He is married with three daughters, three sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren and fills his free time with family, fishing, hunting and photography.

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  Ohio University

  Zoology/Chemistry