Robert is Founder (2012) and CEO for Executive Search, Interims Management, Candidate Assessment and Fit profiling at Life Talent Partners GmbH based in Frankfurt. Robert has been a founder of 3 other German based Executive Search operations - Euromedica GmbH in 2000, RSA GmbH in 2004 and in 2006 he founded RSA AG in Zug, Switzerland. Robert is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology and Biology.Robert began his professional career with 15 years at Baxter, first in R&D for blood products and eventually becoming European Manager for the Fenwal Blood Products Division. After his Baxter career he worked as a General Manager Benelux/UK with Swiss based Pharma Company, and then Director of Marketing for Cordis Europe in Brussels before moving to Switzerland as Director of Business Development for Bieffe Medital in Lugano. Then to Germany in 1995 as Director of International Marketing and Corporate Development at Fresenius AG Dialysis Division in Frankfurt and made the contacts and headed a merger team to create Fresenius Medical Care.To contact send email to Robert.Bates@LifeTalentPartners.com or telephone Mobile +49 171 176 7886.Specialties: Recruitment of mid to senior executives in all areas of Life Sciences with special expertise in Medical Devices. Provision of Interim Managers & Candidate Assessment Services.