Robert Gerard is a Sr Director Global Upstream Marketing at Edwards Lifesciences. He possess expertise in product launch, medical devices, cross functional team leadership, product development, product management and 23 more skills. He is proficient in German. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with Rob through all phases of the PDP on a number of projects. Most notably, the Alterra Adaptive Prestent System; a Class 3 PMA device that commercial released in the US in Dec 2021, and received CE Mark in Aug 2024. From its infancy, Rob has led the Upstream Marketing Team for the entire Edwards Pulmonic Program. Rob's follow-through on gathering meaningful KOL feedback throughout the development process was essential to R&D's Design for Use efforts. Every day, in every interaction, Rob's drive for excellence demonstrates his genuine care for our patients and their families." and "I worked with Rob for over 10 years as Edwards Lifesciences transcatheter aortic business was growing rapidly. Rob is a very focused and passionate professional who helped transform Edwards products and delivered solutions for patients in need over many years. Rob's generosity and involvement in charitable activities such as the Happy Hearts Festival for Camp del Corazon demonstrated his willingness to go above and beyond his day to day responsibilities and demonstrates the quality individual he is. Through Rob's passionate work on the Alterra pulmonic stent we were introduced to one of Edwards most inspiring patient stories, Sarah Sue Morbitzer, a congenital heart patient, who prior to her Sophomore year of college at the Ohio State, received Edwards non-invasive procedure which allowed her to live her dream of competing on the Buckeye's volleyball team. In addition to all his professional accomplishments, as a true engineer, Rob is the person when something isn't working, he will roll up his sleeves and do it himself, evidenced by a product display where the demo table was not high enough and Rob brought PVC pipe and a saw to stabilize the table at the appropriate height. An authentic and caring person, anyone would be lucky to have Rob on their team."