SUMMARY Well respected, resourceful and results-driven Senior Marketing and Business Operations Manager with more than twenty four years of progressive experience in the medical/pharmaceutical/healthcare industry. Recognized as a visionary with the ability to foresee trends in the marketplace and create opportunities that drive revenue. Exhibits a track record of implementing changes, while simultaneously blending business savvy, intuition and integrity. CORE COMPETENCIES ♦ Leadership ♦ Business Operations ♦ Financial Mgmt. ♦ Marketing ♦ Strategic Planning ♦ Relationship Mgmt. ♦ Negotiation ♦ Inventory Control ♦ Proposals / ContractsCAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Established a track record of developing store infrastructures, marketing, operations and personnel. • Sold multiple stores to a national chain for an industry record-breaking amount.• Strategically increased sales of toy department by 400%.• Successfully built lasting relationships with leading doctors and clinical professionals. • Expanded nutritional supplement sales exponentially through vitamin awareness program.• Awarded exclusive distribution rights for a cost-saving alternative to WoundVac, a Versatile 1 Negative Pressure Therapy system.• Marketed new services through presentations and proposals to institutional buyers, CFO’s/CEOs, doctors, clinicians, providers and community groups, resulting in savings of millions of dollars and new contracts. • Facilitated strategic planning to increase new business and solidify existing relationships through improved service quality and expanded lines of products/services.• Coordinated a fleet of 30 trucks servicing medical equipment and supplies for Preferred Provider Relationships in NY, NJ and CT. • Increased nutritional sales by 30% and retail durable medical equipment sales by 50% in 12 months.• Negotiated a $4M annual preferred provider agreement with a major hospice account