A senior level executive with over 20 years of experience with in-depth knowledge of medical device sales processes and a proven ability to consistently exceed revenue targets.
A driven leader with expertise in sales trends, consultive selling in both product and service arenas. Natural ability to train and build high performance teams and foster long term relationships while achieving aggressive goals in technical selling environment.
A committed contributor who understands the product development process, new product development, medical device quality systems, and works collaboratively with cross functional teams as a component of the introduction of new products to market.
Specialties: Executive Management, Medical Devices, Business Development, Sales, Strategic Planning, Strategic Market Development, New Product Development, Building high performance teams, Endoscopy, Cardiology, Neurology, Urology, Surgery, Vascular Surgery, OEM, oncology, implantable, catheters, balloon, carotid, radiology, anesthesiology, respiratory, blood filtration, MIS, Surgical, Implants, Navigation, Stents, Orthopedics
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Minimally Invasive Solutions @ Responsible for the top line revenue and market development for both our core services and proprietary platform business.
Serving the following major markets:
Endoscopy, cardiology, neurology, urology and general/vascular surgery in major medical device From January 2014 to Present (2 years) VP Business Development @ Build key relationships with medical device OEMs and life science venture capital firms to aid them in identifying potential product development needs for their portfolio companies and position MedVenture as a trusted resource for IP creation and product commercialization. From December 2001 to 2014 (13 years) District Sales Manager @ Managed sales forecasts, plans and implementation of strategies.
Managed sales team that consistently overachieved.
Managed district operations including external support/affairs, financial analysis, support staff, incentives, inventory, and budgets.
Established and implemented systems, procedures, and controls.
Stabilized and directed the least experienced district in the company to meet sales goals for the first time in 1999.
Trained and managed specialty surgical distributors.
Product line included vascular access devices for chemotherapy and dialysis, thrombectomy / embolectomy balloons, and CVC products for IV therapy.
Worked closely with Interventional radiologist and vascular surgeons to meet both patient and departmental needs.
Developed a hands-on experiencing working in diverse hospital settings - accumulated over 3,000 hours in operating room (OR) time.
Awarded Presidents Club in 1997 and 1998. From 1994 to 2001 (7 years)
B.Sc., Marketing and Finance @ Georgetown College From 1987 to 1991 Merritt Williams is skilled in: Medical Devices, Business Development, Cardiology, Commercialization, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Healthcare, Operating Room, Leadership, Product Development, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Orthopedic, Product Launch, Market Development
Websites:
http://medventure.com/