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Midwest

Sepsis detection

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Magnolia Medical Technologies develops, manufactures and markets innovative blood collection devices that significantly improve the accuracy of critical laboratory tests. As a company we are focused on establishing a new standard for sepsis testing accuracy to drive antibiotic stewardship, improve patient safety, impact key quality outcomes and significantly reduce healthcare costs.Magnolia’s flagship commercial product, Steripath® (Initial Specimen Diversion Device®), is the only FDA-cleared device indicated to reduce blood culture contamination which causes false positive sepsis test results. Steripath has been evaluated exhaustively in 14 clinical studies, including 5 peer-reviewed publications, and has demonstrated sustained reductions in contamination of up to 92%. Steripath has been clinically adopted by leading academic institutions, government military & VA medical centers and large & small community hospitals across the country -- successfully reducing the risks of false-positive sepsis results for over 1 million patients.Magnolia has developed a wide range of products to significantly improve diagnostic specimen quality aimed at directly and dramatically increasing diagnostic accuracy for critical laboratory tests. The company’s intellectual property portfolio includes more than 70 issued patents with more than 50 additional patent applications pending.For more information, visit www.magnolia-medical.com

(St. Louis Based) Mo, Il, Ks

• Building the commercial side of the business for MO, IL, IN, KS, KY, and OH from the grass roots.• Conducted demos and education of our systems and how they compare to other manufacturers• Identified and recruited Early Access Program sites. Funnel building for commercial execution. • Educating accounts about the Pheno System and the impact it will have prior to FDA clearance and after. FDA Clearance occurred at the end of February 2017. (from a Positive Blood Culture, Rapid ID with a Phenotypic Susceptibility along with an MIC), to aide in the rapid identification and treatment of bacteremia and sepsis• Execution in financial justification with Health Outcome and Economic modeling• Primary call points- Micro/Molecular Lab, PharmD, Lab Directors, ID Doc, ICU/Critical Care Doctors, Hospitalists, and Sepsis Coordinators and C-Level when needed (CMO, CNO, COO and CFO

St. Louis (Geography Mo/Ks/Ky/S. Il And S. In)

• Sale of Molecular Diagnostic equipment to hospitals, physician office labs, fertility clinics and reference laboratories. (GeneXpert, Smart Cycler and Infinity product line) Real Time PCR equipment. Equipment price range $40,000-$500,000.• Primary call points- Lab Directors, Micro Supervisors, Infection Control, Pharmacy, Infectious Disease, Hospitalist, Risk Management, CFO, CEO, CMO, CNO as well as Materials Management.• Managed to build this geography from $500,000 to over $10,000,000• Assisted with training of the Cepheid new hires as well as distributor partners• Rookie of the year in 2008.• Instrument Specialist of the Midwest Region awards in 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014• Instrument Specialist of the Year in 2013, Presidents Club in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

• Responsible for selling automated urinalysis equipment to all clinical laboratories.• Conducted technology and equipment demonstrations through actual operation and sampling of instrumentation and conducted side-by-side evaluations.• Presented to lab directors, supervisors, administrators, CFOs, and CEOs through power point and financial presentations.• Successful in converting 3-competitive purchase orders into Iris orders in just four months.• Sold $1,136,280 in first 9-months of 2007.

• Sold immuno-chemistry equipment to hospital labs, reference labs and fertility clinics.• Produced the most revenue/sales of our Immunochemistry for blood Allergy testing.• Exceeded 12% growth in consumables when the industry average is only 4%.• Presented to directors, administrators, doctors, CFOs, and CEOs.• Ranked #3 at DPC for the first 11 months of 2005 and finished # 6 out of 41.• Achieved number one ranking in Midwest region in 2005 (MVP award).

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing/Finance With Minor In Criminal Justice

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Marketing And Finance

Activities and Societies: Soccer TeamBachelors of Science with emphasis in Finance and Marketing with a Minor in Criminal Justice