Kirk Pledger Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Energy & Surgical Endoscopy

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Biosurgery Hemostats and Sealants, Infection Prevention Portfolio & V. Mueller & Snowden-Pencer Lap Surgical Instruments

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Louisville, Kentucky Area

•Owner/Senior Care Advisor, CarePatrol FranchiseCarePatrol is a franchise in the Senior Care Industry that helps families find safe and appropriate Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities, Independent/Retirement Communities, In-Home Care, as well as other senior related services. Placement decisions are based on identified level of care that is needed, location, and financial resources. Responsibilities include managing the CarePatrol Franchise and implementing a strategic plan for business development and sales for the greater Louisville area and Lexington, KY.•VP of Business Development/Consultant, HollisonHollison's new Durasampler is a revolutionary new method of food sampling that provides companies a meaningful/representative sample of their product for safety testing•Sales/Territory Manager, Benvenue MedicalThe Kiva System is a novel implant-based solution for vertebral augmentation making it the first new approach to the treatment of vertebral compression fractures in over a decade.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Market first FDA approved pleural air leak sealant to cardiothoracic and general surgeons throughout the state of Kentucky and southern Indiana. Successfully developed a new territory in a start-up environment, moving surgeons from prospects to users, to adopters of ProGel, pleural air leak sealant, by identifying and fulfilling their needs in a challenging OR environment.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Marketed a novel and emerging technology for minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusions to neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine specialists. Successfully developed a new territory in a very competitive start-up environment crossing distributor lines to persuade surgeons to change their treatment choices from conventional therapy to a new technology in a very established spine market.

Kentucky And Southern Indiana

Market Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) to Neurosurgeons, Vascular, and ENT Surgeons assisting with implanting Vagus Nerve Stimulation, system diagnostics, and programming in a newly formed territory with minimal business. Created a patient referral network to surgeons from neurologists and psychiatrists for the treatment of epilepsy and depression to ensure growth of business.

Kentucky

Inherited newly formed territory as a specialty representative in western Kentucky and southern Indiana. The territory had a low market share of all products and was one of the lowest producing territories in the nation. Within one year, Lamictal, the main product, grew from a 2.5% market share to a 21% market share at the top of the nation. At the start of the year, the territory was ranked 201 out of 208. At the end of the year the territory was ranked a respectable 130 our of 208 and was ranked in the top 5% of the nation for Lamictal sales.