Global leader who develops and drives growth strategies that surface new market opportunities, delivers lifesaving technologies that integrate clinical end user insights into design, and establishes conditions for long-term profitability.Entrepreneurial executive with experience leading research and development (R&D), sales and marketing, and operations for pre-revenue and early-stage startups, newly reorganized divisions, and established business units.People-centric change agent skilled at building momentum around game-changing strategies, motivating and developing top talent, and creating cultures of accountability and positivity.Process improvement champion able to design, refine, and elevate new product development and introduction efforts; orient cross-functional stakeholders toward high-value opportunities; and drive flawless, cost-efficient execution.Patent holder who played key role in inventing a system for treating pleural effusion patients.Highlights Opened a $3B market opportunity for KCI’s rapidly growing surgical and sports medicine franchise and catapulted revenue 478% to $185M over 4-year tenure while sustaining a 37% net profit margin. Spearheaded development and market launch of 18 new products in 36 months, delivering advanced wound care portfolio for cardiothoracic, vascular, plastic surgery, orthopedic, and trauma interventions. Led CareFusion’s $240M interventional business to top performance out of 8 divisions, achieved 47% in operating earnings, and implemented a world-class compensation program to ignite salesforce performance. Jumpstarted growth for Vidacare, a medical device startup, to achieve first-ever profitability within only 6 months of initiating a direct salesforce to reach $70M in revenue and position company as an attractive acquisition target.ExpertiseStrategic Planning & Execution | Product Portfolio Management | Talent Identification, Management & DevelopmentPhysician & Clinical Alliances | New Product Development & Launch | Branding & Positioning | Market Expansion