CCO, General Management and Sales/Marketing/Business Development professional with extensive successful experience and success in development and worldwide launches of POC clinical diagnostic non-instrumented and Instrumented systems for the human and veterinary markets. My experience in worldwide Upstream/Downstream Marketing, Direct and Distributor supported Sales, New Product /New Business Development, Strategic Planning, Cross Functional Team Management has afforded me the opportunity to provide strong leadership, decision making and people management to successfully execute business strategies in start-up, midsize and multi-billion-dollar organizations.Strong Strategic and Tactical Skills coupled with the capability of recruiting, hiring, managing and motivating teams of individuals to be successful both individually and as a member of a Team -- A unique individual with previous experience and measured success in almost all aspects of contributing to the growth of an organization including Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Product Planning and Development, Manufacturing, QA and Regulatory Affairs.--Extensive experience in developing and implementing worldwide Product Distribution strategies to include development and negotiation of Product Distribution Agreements.--Highly skilled in identifying and evaluating the potential for success of new products and technologies--Primary responsibility and leadership in growing a start-up IVD company from $2MM in revenue to a $100MM world leader in Rapid Lateral Flow Diagnostic Tests in 8 years--Expertise in Human and Veterinary In-Vitro Diagnostics with a particular focus on Point of Care diagnostic instruments and disposables --Outstanding verbal and written communication/presentation skills with the ability to communicate with a broad audience range, including C-Suite executives, with professionalism, confidence, and credibility.Personal Specialties: Biotech * Rapid Diagnostics * Human and Veterinary Diagnostics* Instruments*Lateral-Flow Tests * Drugs of Abuse * FDA 510K and CLIA Waived Approval Processes * IP * Business Development * International Distribution and Sales Strategy Development* Marketing Plan Development and Implementation * Sales Team Development and Leadership * Patents * M&A * New Product & Technology Identification * previous CCO, General Management/Finance/Sales/Marketing / Regulatory/QA/Operations Management roles