Joined OMTA 2H 2020 to be associated with a group of former colleagues and respected industry experts. The skills and experience resident at OMTA allow me to better serve my established clients and contribute to engagements to identify best strategic options for early stage companies.Gary is a healthcare industry executive having over four decades of leadership experience. After completing a successful career with leading medical device companies, he has spent the last twenty years as… Show more Joined OMTA 2H 2020 to be associated with a group of former colleagues and respected industry experts. The skills and experience resident at OMTA allow me to better serve my established clients and contribute to engagements to identify best strategic options for early stage companies.Gary is a healthcare industry executive having over four decades of leadership experience. After completing a successful career with leading medical device companies, he has spent the last twenty years as an industry consultant. His experience and interests include cardiovascular medicine, orthopedic devices, imaging services and surgical instrumentation. His experience includes leadership positions in sales, marketing, business development, strategic planning and general management. He served in both U.S. and international positions with responsibilities for Profit and Loss, driving growth initiatives, integrating acquired businesses, building high performance commercial organizations and executing successful turnarounds. Show less

Joined OMTA 2H 2020 to be associated with a group of former colleagues and respected industry experts. The skills and experience resident at OMTA allow me to better serve my established clients and contribute to engagements to identify best strategic options for early stage companies.Gary is a healthcare industry executive having over four decades of leadership experience. After completing a successful career with leading medical device companies, he has spent the last twenty years as… Show more Joined OMTA 2H 2020 to be associated with a group of former colleagues and respected industry experts. The skills and experience resident at OMTA allow me to better serve my established clients and contribute to engagements to identify best strategic options for early stage companies.Gary is a healthcare industry executive having over four decades of leadership experience. After completing a successful career with leading medical device companies, he has spent the last twenty years as an industry consultant. His experience and interests include cardiovascular medicine, orthopedic devices, imaging services and surgical instrumentation. His experience includes leadership positions in sales, marketing, business development, strategic planning and general management. He served in both U.S. and international positions with responsibilities for Profit and Loss, driving growth initiatives, integrating acquired businesses, building high performance commercial organizations and executing successful turnarounds. Show less

Partner in strategic consulting and market research firm focused on healthcare manufacturers and providers. Responsible for full range of consulting services including project management, proposal and work plan development and managing client relationships. Clients include Global 200, early stage firms and investors targeting both incremental and revolutionary medical device technology. Routinely consult with clients to evaluate 'white space' opportunities and adjacencies which leverage core… Show more Partner in strategic consulting and market research firm focused on healthcare manufacturers and providers. Responsible for full range of consulting services including project management, proposal and work plan development and managing client relationships. Clients include Global 200, early stage firms and investors targeting both incremental and revolutionary medical device technology. Routinely consult with clients to evaluate 'white space' opportunities and adjacencies which leverage core competencies and client's distribution organization. Personal activities include: strategic planning and creation of action oriented business plans, metrics to monitor progress and client support to assure success implementation; competitive assessments including existing and emerging technologies; voice of customer interviews with key opinion leaders often utilizing our firm's global panels of physicians leading advances in specific disease states Show less

In addition to my continued project collaboration with KCI Partners, I have formed a boutique consultancy to focus on cardiovascular medical device space. Look forward to continued work with KCI while specializing in cardiovascular medical device related engagements.

Transitioned from consultant to full time role as President with goal of enhancing the asset and restructuring for spin out or acquisition. Full P&L for this business unit of larger company acquired by LBO group. Improved operational efficiencies including consolidation of core product manufacturing and assembly operation from four locations to one location; established a lean clinical sales and marketing team for company's self manufactured cardiology and radiology products. Revenue grew… Show more Transitioned from consultant to full time role as President with goal of enhancing the asset and restructuring for spin out or acquisition. Full P&L for this business unit of larger company acquired by LBO group. Improved operational efficiencies including consolidation of core product manufacturing and assembly operation from four locations to one location; established a lean clinical sales and marketing team for company's self manufactured cardiology and radiology products. Revenue grew from $80 Million to $120 Million. VSG sold to private equity firm and is now doing business as Argon Medical Devices, Plano, TX Show less

Member of senior management team that restructured single specialty physician practice management business to include store front laser vision correction centers and online supplier of vision correction products and OTC supplies to ophthalmology and optician practices in the US. Took the restructured company through a successful IPO in late 1999. Responsible for identifying locations and start up of store front laser vision operations and call centers in target US metro areas.

As President of Cordis Cardiology, responsible for all US commercial operations for the cardiology franchise and worldwide responsibility for Finance, IT, Quality Assurance and Human Resource teams supporting the Cardiology, Endovascular and BioSense divisions. Served as Chairman of Cordis Management Committee, represented Cordis on JNJ Professional Sector Council and served as a member of the JNJ Worldwide Franchise Strategic Committee.

Responsible for sales and marketing for Heart Valve Division in all global regions with exception of EAME. Doubled US revenues and achieved 92% share of market for mechanical heart valves between 1990 and 1995; grew Asia Pacific units over 40% in same time period. Transitioned US sales from specialty distributor organization to a fully direct sales organization. Also served as VP and General Manager for Canada and established commercial, clinical and regulatory operations to support STJM… Show more Responsible for sales and marketing for Heart Valve Division in all global regions with exception of EAME. Doubled US revenues and achieved 92% share of market for mechanical heart valves between 1990 and 1995; grew Asia Pacific units over 40% in same time period. Transitioned US sales from specialty distributor organization to a fully direct sales organization. Also served as VP and General Manager for Canada and established commercial, clinical and regulatory operations to support STJM heart valves, CRM and interventional cardiology products Show less