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Jim Best Email & Phone Number
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UCLA Anderson School of Management
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@komodohealth.com
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Guest Lecturer
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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Jim Best is listed as Guest Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management, based in Santa Monica, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at komodohealth.com, phone signal with area code 310, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Jim Best.
Jim Best previously worked as Limited Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health and Venture Advisor (Medical Devices, Health Tech and Digital Health) at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health. Jim Best holds Mba, Marketing Strategy, Healthcare from Ucla Anderson School Of Management.
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THE SHORT VERSION:I'm deeply passionate about high-tech surgical products and have been lucky to have developed, sold, and marketed life-saving devices. More recently, I've worked in the MedTech commercial data arena and have seen how data can (and can't!) help sales, marketing and regulatory teams. I've had a lot of fun, accomplished a learned a ton, and I feel privileged to work in this industry.LONGER VERSION:MY WHY:He was one of my favorite kids. Smart. Kind. Witty. An adorable giggle and a huge smile. He was also absent from my Spanish Harlem science class for 37 days that year. His mother tearfully explained, “It’s sickle cell disease, Mr. Best. It’s relentless.”He is just one of the 130 million Americans with a chronic disease. He symbolizes why I transitioned into MedTech 20 years ago. I want people to maximize their potential.WHAT I'VE DONE:Sales and marketing leadership in medical device, and in medical device data.My accomplishments include:Two Presidents Clubs. Ranked #1 (of 7) during my first year of regional sales management.Countless product launches.~170 speeches and presentations to surgeons, nurses, hospital administrators and sales reps.$104MM in sales occurred on my watch.Ran commercial efforts for two med device data companies.But let me be clear: as an individual, I am responsible for ZERO dollars in revenue. Not a single sale occurs without a great team.HOW I DO IT:In '21, I asked 23 former bosses, employees, and colleagues to perform an anonymous 360 review. They say I'm:1) A Great Teacher. I build deep relationships because I’m a teaching, mentoring leader who genuinely cares about the people around me.2) A Hard Worker. Learning the science and data demands long hours and I vehemently believe that mythology and superstition have no place in medical devices.3) Confident. Paradoxically, confidence allows me to be humble and vulnerable. It allows me to ask questions to analyze challenging issues and to own and learn from the mistakes I make every day. I constantly improve.
Listed skills include Medical Devices, Spine Navigation, Total Knee Arthroplasty Navigation, Total Hip Arthroplasty Navigation, and 25 others.
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18 roles · 24 years
Jim Best work experience
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Guest Lecturer
CurrentSharing early-stage VC fundraising and sales and marketing strategies for healthcare startups at both the UCLA Biodesign Program and the UCLA Anderson Accelerator.
2023 - Present
~3 yrs 4 mos
Limited Partner
CurrentWavemaker Three-Sixty Health is the leading US early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on healthcare.Investing in Seed to Series A healthcare startups
2022 - Present
~4 yrs 4 mos
Venture Advisor (Medical Devices, Health Tech And Digital Health)
Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health is the leading US early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on healthcare.Provided expert opinion on 200+ potential investments in Medical Device, DTx / PDT, Digital Health and Health Tech startups
2021 - 2022
~1 yr
Chief Commercial Officer
Axiom is a health tech SaaS company, serving only medical device companies with data-driven insights for marketing, finance, and biz dev / corp dev teams.
Jun 2023 - May 2024
Head Of Medical Technology
At Komodo Health we combine the world’s most comprehensive view of patient-encounters with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical expertise to power our Healthcare Map, the industry’s most precise view of the U.S. healthcare system.My wonderful team and I covered medical device, imaging, diagnostics and digital therapeutics.Key Accomplishment.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Founder And Ceo
Serenity Cancer Patient Advocates
SCPA was a private, concierge consultancy for cancer patients.Key Accomplishment: Became cash flow positive just 2 months post forecast—despite 46% decrease in cancer diagnoses during Covid
2018 - 2021
~3 yrs
Region Sales Manager, West Coast
TriMed designs and markets premium extremity orthopedic implants for fractures. Its flagship system is for traumatic, complex wrist fractures; without these innovative implants, thousands of severely broken wrists would be fused to the hand every year. ’10 to ’17 Growth: Company sales: ~$17M to ~$45M; Employees: 21 to 57Key Accomplishment: #1 of 7 Regional.
2015 - 2017
~2 yrs
Global Sales And Product Training Director
Key Accomplishment: Trained ~180 salespeople, 11 sales managers and 12 engineers in USA, Canada and South Africa, generating an estimated $4.5M in sales (includes efforts between 2011 and 2014)
2014 - 2015
~1 yr
Product Manager And Sales Trainer, Upper Extremity
(Promoted to Sales Trainer; Began reporting to CEO; Maintained all other product management responsibilities)
2011 - 2014
~3 yrs
Product Manager, Upper Extremity
Key Accomplishment: Earned broad job responsibilities beyond the typical duties of a product manager, including upstream project management, operations, supply chain, QA, RA, engineering—all on a global scale
2010 - 2011
~1 yr
Senior Sales Representative And Field Sales Trainer (Dermal Regeneration)
Key Accomplishment: #2 of 77 division reps in Total Sales ($1.88M) and broke national sales record in 2009 for Integra’s flagship product (Dermal Regeneration Template)
2009 - 2010
~1 yr
Sales Representative (Dermal Regeneration)
Key Accomplishment: Required by LA County’s Chief of Burn Surgery to give 30-minute lecture on molecular and cellular processes involved in how our product generated new dermis, educating approximately 240 residents and fellows over 3 years; this dramatically changed my career trajectory and directly led to the record breaking above
2007 - 2009
~2 yrs
Sales Representative (Surgical Navigation)
Stryker is one of the fourth largest pure-play medical device company in the world.Key Accomplishment: Promoted twice in 13 months into an early-career dream sales job, selling high-dollar capital equipment ($150k - $1M for Surgical Navigation Systems) to hospital C-Suite and Surgeons
2006 - 2007
~1 yr
Sales Engineer (Surgical Navigation)
Key Accomplishment: Conducted ~35 surgeon and nurse surgical navigation trainings throughout western US
2005 - 2006
~1 yr
Associate Sales Representative (Instruments)
Key Accomplishment: Saved $2.1MM Neptune deal at UCLA Health after product malfunctions
2004 - 2005
~1 yr
Market Research Analyst
Kadmus Pharmaceuticals was a clinical-trial-stage biotech company with compounds that addressed endocannibinoid receptors in both the CNS and PNS.Key Accomplishment: Chronicled every competitive threat that the company had in the anti-obesity market
2003 - 2004
~1 yr
Science Teacher
Junior High School 99
Key Accomplishment: I garnered the respect of most of my students. Between year 1 and year 2, after 14 of our 20 teachers departed the school, I ran our teacher meetings, conducted the student body association and was the only teacher capable of doing field trips
2002 - 2003
~1 yr
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Jim Best education
Mba, Marketing Strategy, Healthcare
Ucla Anderson School Of Management
Healthcare Ai, Ongoing Courses In Healthcare Ai
Helloai
Bs, Psychology (Neuroscience Focus), Pre-Med
Vanderbilt University
Education record
Mater Dei High School
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What company does Jim Best work for?
Jim Best works for UCLA Anderson School of Management.
What is Jim Best's role at UCLA Anderson School of Management?
Jim Best is listed as Guest Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
What is Jim Best's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @komodohealth.com for Jim Best at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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AeroLeads has found 2 phone signal(s) with area code 310 for Jim Best at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Where is Jim Best based?
Jim Best is based in Santa Monica, California, United States while working with UCLA Anderson School of Management.
What companies has Jim Best worked for?
Jim Best has worked for Ucla Anderson School Of Management, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, Axiom Health, Komodo Health, and Serenity Cancer Patient Advocates.
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What schools did Jim Best attend?
Jim Best holds Mba, Marketing Strategy, Healthcare from Ucla Anderson School Of Management.
What skills is Jim Best known for?
Jim Best is listed with skills including Medical Devices, Spine Navigation, Total Knee Arthroplasty Navigation, Total Hip Arthroplasty Navigation, Trauma Navigation, Neurosurgical Navigation, Ent Sinus Navigation, and Bone Cutting Instruments.
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