My Positions
"Think out the box and make it happen...
but you have to learn how to open the box first. This comes only with experiences"
January 2018 - to date
Vice President Business Development Europe Middle East & Asia
Freudenberg Medical - Minimally Invasive Solutions
Global Contract Design & Development partner in Percutaneous Interventional Devices
September 2013 - December 2017
Vice President Sales & Marketing - Vice President Business Development
PTCA OEM partner in interventional cardiology
Achievements since 2014
- From 103 employees up to 200 (+94% growth).
- From 140 000 catheters sold up to 350 000 (150% growth).
- For the first time, the company generated a double digit turn-over (M$) with 15% gross margin
- Organize and develop company "Corporate Social Responsability" communication - We Care
- From Indian market focus to worldwide presence.
- More than 1 800 000 kilometers traveled during this period.
- New polymer extrusion business initiated (Xtruline Medical).
- New micro-machinery department created (SmarTech Medical).
NATEC Medical is a fast growing company, specialized in the manufacturing of state-of-the-art Percutaneous Interventional Devices and Light Medical Engineering. Vertically integrated, we design and manufacture angioplasty balloon catheters for interventional cardiology, radiology, gastroenterology and urology.
My responsabilites are to ensure effective and cooperative cross-functional teamwork (Marketing, R&D, regulatory and clinical) inside the company as well as outside the company with all our international business partners.
I'm also building, leading, and managing the necessary strategical & operational infrastructure in line with the growth of the business. As example; product prototyping (SLA), product development (PPQ), pre-clinical validation (Animal studies), expert validation (scientific boards), clinical development (studies), communication (branding, corporate, governmental, products, crisis), regulation authorities (CE, 510k, Form41), finances (budgets, costing & margin), operations (lean management, Kaizen).
2011 – August 2013 (2 years)
Country Manager France - East Europe Sales Manager
Achievements during the period
- Set-up the French office & organization.
- Established Stentys SelfExpandable stent in France involving national KoL (lobbying)
- Organized Hands-on workshops in Cathlabs (lTraining)
- Get access to major national tenders
STENTYS ... simple stent solution.
Stentys offers simple, innovative solutions to interventional cardiologists when treating the challenging disease of their patients. When faced with a situation where choosing the appropriate stent size is not easy, such as in acute myocardial infarction, bifurcation lesions, SVGs, large, ectatic and tapering vessels, the STENTYS platform provides an efficient and elegant new treatment approach.
2004 – 2011 (7 years)
Sales & Marketing director - East Europe Sales Director
Minimally Invasive Vascular Systems - The bifurcation company.
Minvasys focuses on bifurcation treatment with dedicated devices. Nile Croco/Pax® for coronary bifurcations and Twin-One® for carotid bifurcations.
2001 – 2004 (3 years)
ARTHESYS, incorporated in 2012 to Degania, is an OEM partner focusing on a B2B perspective.
ARTHESYS offers a full range of PTA and PTCA balloon catheters made with State-of-the-Art technology, including accessories, technological and stent crimping expertise (ActivGrip process), extrusion, packaging, and sterilization.
1997 – 2001 (4 years)
Product Manager Oncology - Product Brand Manager hormotherapy
Over almost three decades, AstraZeneca has been committed to advancing the science of oncology to deliver life-changing medicines to patients most in need. With a combination-focused pipeline that exploits the power of four scientific platforms to help address unmet clinical needs in a host of cancers, AstraZeneca is motivated by a dedication to the scientific discovery and collaboration that will one day help eliminate cancer as a cause of death.
1994 – 1997 (3 years)
Omnipaque Product Manager at Nycomed
Interventional Radiology Product Manager at Nycomed Medical Systems
1991 – 1994 (3 year)
Sales Representative Paris Area
1987 – 1991 (4 years)
Xray Technician (Scanner Alesia - Nurse in Cardiology CathLab (Bichat Hospital)