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At Orion Strategic Ventures, our mission is to help today’s leading healthcare companies invest in the innovations of tomorrow. We accomplish this by helping corporate partners develop strategic roadmaps to guide their approach into new markets as well as landscaping, building, and managing sophisticated venture capital investment programs to serve as an entry point into new markets.

Valencia, California

Led team of 150+ medtech professionals comprised of nine core divisional functions including divisional strategy, digital/brand marketing, patient marketing and awareness, medical education, integration, and reimbursement. Steered development and execution of overall divisional strategy, including the strategic plan outlining internal and external growth opportunities through business development, venture investing, R&D portfolio build out, and various commercial strategies.• Unified separate functions into single COE by creating shared vision; built high-performance culture by establishing clear goals, robust communication plans, and shared recognition. • Accountable for divisional strategy and managed partnerships and venture investments developing joint technologies, expanding divisional product portfolio, and developing new clinical indications and commercial collaborations.• Directed Digital Marketing and Brand Marketing teams focused on digital advertising, social media marketing, marketing communications, and digital ecosystem/infrastructure.• Led Patient Awareness and Patient Care teams and responsible for integration into Digital Marketing to create seamless process to optimize patient funnel and drive market penetration. • Represented company venture investments by acting as Board Observer in several start-up companies.

Valencia, California

• Directed divisional Business Development and Strategy; guided new mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, and commercial and co-development partnerships. Led exploration, valuation, diligence, and $465M+ acquisition of Vertiflex.• Managed RF Ablation business line as franchise owner, including full P&L ownership, product commercialization, R&D priorities, and clinical strategies. • Led divisional market research team in conducting competitive benchmarking, pricing analyses, patient/MD voice of customer research, and research in new indications. • Drove revenue growth, R&D innovation, and cost reduction by initiating and overseeing sponsorship of numerous capital venture investments, royalty agreements, and commercial partnerships. • Monitored 100+ companies and developed criteria-based approach for M&A consideration; executed category-leadership strategy to broaden portfolio and build comprehensive pain management pipeline.• Represented company venture investments by acting as Board Observer in several start-up companies.

Valencia, California

• Led business development initiatives including portfolio expansion, partnership negotiations, and strategic product development.• Spearheaded acquisitions, commercial partnerships, and innovative collaborations to drive product go-to-market processes, boost sales growth, and reduce costs. • Led valuation, diligence, and acquisition of Cosman RF Ablation product line resulting in sales growth and synergies over plan. • Expanded market share for DBS product line by establishing commercial partnership with Brainlab to develop joint product offerings, align commercial organizations, and support bundled sales opportunities.• Led development and management of division’s venture capital company portfolio.

Valencia, Ca

• Promoted to Director role leading 25-person team driving patient prior authorizations with insurance companies to increase patient access to spinal cord stimulation medical devices. • Led team of 5 based field managers working directly with sales and MD and hospital customers to remove economics as a barrier to product adoption.• Managed relationships with key physician societies to establish strategies for expanding patient access to care.• Averted >15% reduction in SCS reimbursement by working with Pain KOLs and CMS to adopt new methodology for determining outpatient payment rates.

Arden Hills, Mn

• Managed 3-person team focused on removing economic roadblocks and communicating economic value of company technology to internal sales force and hospital and physician customers. • Led successful industry initiative to petition Medicare Policy Advisory Committee (MedPAC) to oppose 15% reduction in defibrillator outpatient payment rates. • Steered industry collaboration on AMA/CMS workgroup developing 20+ new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for cardiac device monitoring.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Strategy